Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
“The Black Rock on Great Salt Lake near Lake Point, Utah is a historic landmark. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 as part of the Black Rock Site.”
Wikipedia article Black Rock (Great Salt Lake), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Tooele County · listed in 2021 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Black Rock Site between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,032 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HARDY |
| 9 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 102 W I-80 |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.6 acres | Northwest Area | PHEASANT |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | THE RAILROAD |
| 3 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,117 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | GREEN RAVINE |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | QUINTON |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BROKEN ARROW |
| 18 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CHEVRON |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Black Rock Site: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 3 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Garfield Copper Refinery | Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Garfield Copper Smelter | Copper, Silver, Gold | Plant | ||
| Lake Point Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Iron, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Realgar | |
| Lake Point Plant | Halite | Producer | Halite | |
| Salt Lake Sodium Products Co. | Sodium | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Canyon Quarry | Copper, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Realgar | |
| Farnsworth Peak Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1825, 1981 | |
| Garfield Phosphate Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Garfield Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Lake Point Quarry | Copper, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Realgar |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Benson Mill | 6.3 miles | 1972 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006332 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Tooele County | All 29 listed properties in this county. |
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