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Wildwood, Utah

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84604. It stands on North Fork Provo River. The Survey maps it on the Bridal Veil Falls quadrangle. It stands 5,226 feet above sea level.

Wildwood within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,882 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined28
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeWHEELER
27 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCANYON GLEN
27 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAZARD REDUCTION EXP DISP
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPROVO RIVER#1
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPROVO RIVER#2
21 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNortheast AreaOLD 189
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHIDDEN LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Deer Creek Reservoir QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayOccurrenceSurface
Pole Canyon Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Hurst PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26018Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut. Dept of Hwys. No. 26018, Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartzite

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Vivian Park1.1 miles23
Sundance2.3 miles23
Nunns3.5 miles23
Aspen Grove3.5 miles23
Canyon Glen4.1 miles23
Springdell4.4 miles23
Wicks4.9 miles24
Christmas City5.6 miles24

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 Q63141494The 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 1447368. 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.