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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Bridal Veil Falls quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Orem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Bridal Veil Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bridal Veil Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Bridal Veil Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | WHEELER |
| 27 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CANYON GLEN |
| 27 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HAZARD REDUCTION EXP DISP |
| 22 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PROVO RIVER#1 |
| 22 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PROVO RIVER#2 |
| 21 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northeast Area | OLD 189 |
| 20 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | HIDDEN LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Reservoir Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pole Canyon Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Pole Canyon Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Hurst Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26018 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26019 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26020 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26021 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept of Hwys. No. 26018, Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartzite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Park | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Sundance | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Nunns | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Aspen Grove | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Canyon Glen | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Springdell | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wicks | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Christmas City | 5.6 miles | 24 |
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 Q63141494 | 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 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.









