BlockFrom the record
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1974 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Camp Floyd Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 sitess as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 0.5 mi. S of Fairfield, Fairfield, 84013
- When was it listed? November 1974
- Category. site
- Census division. Lehi
- National Register reference number. 74001939 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Camp Floyd Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,405 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 4 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 | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILSON |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PROSPECT |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ALLEN RANCH ROAD |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SR73MM20 |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | MANNING |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MANNING 1 |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | MANNING |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SCALLY WRONGLER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 51 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Camp Floyd Site: 29 past producers, 15 occurrences, 5 producers, 2 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Mine | Gold, Mercury, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Iron | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Sunshine Mine South | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Iron | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Sunshine Prospect #1 | Clay, Gold, Silver, Iron | Occurrence | Cerargyrite, Halloysite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Realgar | |
| Wells Canyon Nickel and Clay Pits | Nickel, Zinc, Clay | Past Producer | Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Sericite, Smithsonite | |
| West Fritz Prospect | Scandium, Vanadium, Gold, Strontium, REE | Occurrence | Variscite | |
| Wildcat Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 25020 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Overland | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Overland | Gold | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Stagecoach Inn | 0.7 miles | 1971 |
 | Fairfield District School | 0.8 miles | 1987 |
 | Cedar Fort School | 4.8 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001939 in Record Group 79. |
| Utah County | All 183 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.