BlockAbraham, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84635. The Survey maps it on the Sutherland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sutherland quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Abraham between 2006 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Area | WEST HINCKLEY |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HARVEST |
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | THATCHER |
| 14 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Area | 4000 |
| 30 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SEVIER RIVER |
| 21 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TOPAZ SLOUGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abraham in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abraham | $10,000 | Microburst damage was reported by ABC TV in Salt Lake City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hinckley | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sugarville | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Delta | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Deseret | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Oasis | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Van | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Strong | 13.4 miles | 16 |
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 Abraham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851763 | 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 1425039. 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.
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.