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Anderson Junction, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84774. It stands on Dry Sandy. The Survey maps it on the Pintura quadrangle.

Anderson Junction within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Anderson Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,979 acres in total. 80 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
Natural80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEEDS ASST #2
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDixie National ForestLEEDS CREEK
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeTOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTANWORTH
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestCAROLINA
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILE 31 1050
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestITALIAN SPRING
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestSILVER REEF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Anderson Junction: 51 past producers, 9 occurrences, 7 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Uranium, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chloride ChiefSilver, Uranium, Copper, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite
Hot Rock #1Uranium, Vanadium, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hot Rock No.1Vanadium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer
Woodward ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Rattlesnake MineUranium, Silver, CopperProspect
Silver Reef-Harrisburg DistrictSilver, Uranium, CopperOccurrence1869

Every working recorded in Washington County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Toquerville2.4 miles18
Silver Reef3.9 miles18
Leeds4.2 miles17
Pintura4.2 miles18
LaVerkin6.0 miles17
Harrisburg7.2 miles17
Hurricane7.6 miles17
Virgin8.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1438215. 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.