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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.

Yost within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

28 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural23
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestWILDCAT
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National Forest1 MILE
20 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJOHNSON CREEK
19 September 1994Natural2.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeYOST FIRE
15 September 2005Natural2.0 acresSawtooth National ForestONEMILE
15 September 2002Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSawtooth National ForestPROSPECT II
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCHARLESTON
7 August 2000Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGEORGE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
George Creek TungstenTungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
George Creek TungstenTungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, CopperProducer
Johnson Creek TunnelGold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceLead, Silver
Johnson Creek TunnelLead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Silver Belle Nos 1 and 6Lead, Silver, QuartzOccurrenceArgentite, Galena
Twin Canyon ProspectsSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldOccurrence
Twin Canyon ProspectsLead, Silver, Diatomite, GoldPast Producer
Wildcat NorthSilver, LeadPast Producer
Blue Bird MinesSilver, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena
Blue Bird MinesSilver, Lead, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

2 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997HailYost$30,000no account filed
June 1995HailYost-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Standrod6.9 miles13
Rosette12.0 miles13
Lynn12.3 miles12
Park Valley15.0 miles12
Cedar Creek20.5 miles11
Hardup21.2 miles11
Grouse Creek25.1 miles11
Curlew Junction25.6 miles11

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 YostAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8056384The 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.