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West Ephraim, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Ephraim-Manti census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84627. It stands on Ephraim Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.

West Ephraim within Sanpete County

On record in West Ephraim

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of West Ephraim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural13
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsE FIRE
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILLOW CREEK
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBULL
14 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILLOW CREEK ROAD
11 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJORGENSEN STUBBLE
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeBALD
7 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPRICHARD
7 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWHITE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of West Ephraim: 33 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Hill Limestone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Black Hill Limestone QuarryStonePast Producer
Little Pigeon Hollow Limestone Quarry #1Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Little Pigeon Hollow Ls.Quarry No.1StonePast Producer
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #1Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #2Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #3Stone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.1StonePast Producer
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.2StonePast Producer
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.3StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ephraim1.1 miles16
Pigeon Hollow Junction3.6 miles16
Chester7.1 miles16
Manti7.8 miles15
Wales8.1 miles16
Spring City8.9 miles16
Manti Canyon Summer Homes9.0 miles16
Moroni10.3 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122556780The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1447124. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.