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Wheelon, Utah

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84306. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cutler Dam quadrangle.

Wheelon within Box Elder County

On record in Wheelon

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Wheelon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,053 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST HILLS
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG DIVIDE I
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEAVER DAM 2400 WEST
18 September 1999Natural2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG DIVIDE II
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMALAD RIVER BOTTOMS
1 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST CANAL
1 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSR30 MP2
1 September 1998Debris and open burning200 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRAD PETERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wheelon: 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
ClarkstonSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
ClarkstonSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Collingston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Collingston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
L. Larsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
L.Larsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder 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
Beaver Dam1.4 miles10
Fielding3.3 miles10
Collinston4.3 miles10
Riverside5.6 miles9
Plymouth5.7 miles10
Garland8.3 miles9
Deweyville8.4 miles11
Crossroads9.3 miles9

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 Q122598499The 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 1447218. 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.