Yost, Utah
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83342. The Survey maps it on the Yost quadrangle. It stands 5,974 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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
- 1959 USGS Yost quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Grouse Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Yost quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Yost quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Yost between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,171 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | WILDCAT |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | 1 MILE |
| 20 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | YOST FIRE |
| 15 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | ONEMILE |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | PROSPECT II |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CHARLESTON |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GEORGE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Yost: 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Creek Tungsten | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite | |
| George Creek Tungsten | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper | Producer | ||
| Johnson Creek Tunnel | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Lead, Silver | |
| Johnson Creek Tunnel | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Belle Nos 1 and 6 | Lead, Silver, Quartz | Occurrence | Argentite, Galena | |
| Twin Canyon Prospects | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Twin Canyon Prospects | Lead, Silver, Diatomite, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Wildcat North | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bird Mines | Silver, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Blue Bird Mines | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yost in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 1997: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standrod | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rosette | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lynn | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Park Valley | 15.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Creek | 20.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hardup | 21.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grouse Creek | 25.1 miles | 11 | |
| Curlew Junction | 25.6 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Yost | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8056384 | 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 1434515. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






