BlockAgate, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. The Survey maps it on the Agate quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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
- 1954 USGS Westwater 4 SW quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1980 USGS Westwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Agate quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Agate between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8,273 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | WESTWATER |
| 14 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | CAR |
| 7 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Moab Field Office | WEDDING |
| 7 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Moab Field Office | RECEPTION |
| 3 August 2017 | Natural | 47 acres | Moab Field Office | LITTLE HOLE |
| 3 August 2003 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Moab Field Office | CISCO |
| 22 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Moab Field Office | DANISH FLAT |
| 2 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | I 70 MM217 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Agate: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10014 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 10014 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437482. 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.