BlockUtaline, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fruita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81525. It lies near Knowles Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bitter Creek Well quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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 East Tavaputs quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Bitter Creek Well quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Westwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Utaline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,255 acres in total. 62 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | STATELINE |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MP 228 |
| 30 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WRIGLEY MESA |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | LITTLE D |
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | BITTER |
| 29 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | RAGERABBIT |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | KNOWLES |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WILD HORSE MESA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Utaline: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Riverside Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Smith Aggregate | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Q122551627 | 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 202233. 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.