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.
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.
- Cutler Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cutler Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Cutler Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,100 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST HILLS |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LONG DIVIDE I |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BEAVER DAM 2400 WEST |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LONG DIVIDE II |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MALAD RIVER BOTTOMS |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST CANAL |
| 1 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SR30 MP2 |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRAD PETERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Clarkston | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Collingston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Collingston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| L. Larsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| L.Larsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fielding | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Collinston | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Plymouth | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Garland | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Deweyville | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crossroads | 9.3 miles | 9 |
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 Q122598499 | The 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.





