Whipup, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies near Sign Board Flat. The Survey maps it on the Johns Peak quadrangle.

Whipup within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1885 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1922 USGS Emery No.3 quadrangle1:31680
1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Johns Peak quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2001 USGS Johns Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Whipup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 21 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
Natural	21
Equipment and vehicle use	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
2 September 2007	Natural	27 acres	Fishlake National Forest	SB RIDGE
18 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	IVY CREEK
31 August 2018	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	LAST CHANCE
31 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	FRYING PAN FLAT
30 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	FRYING PAN FLAT
23 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fishlake National Forest	LAST CHANCE
22 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	MM33
21 August 1992	Natural	4.0 acres	Richfield Field Office	DEER PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Fremont Junction

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Whipup: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Utah Dept Highways Pitt 21056	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21056	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sand and Gravel
Ellis Christianson Property	Uranium	Occurrence
Helm Group	Uranium	Producer
Helm Group	Uranium	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fremont Junction	4.5 miles	20
Fishlake Resort	20.1 miles	19
Lakeside Resort	21.2 miles	19
Burrville	26.2 miles	17
Koosharem	28.7 miles	18
Salina	30.8 miles	18
Glenwood	32.0 miles	17
Sigurd	32.1 miles	17

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 Q122558751

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 1447224. 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.