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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS La Verkin 2 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New Harmony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Pintura quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Pintura quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LEEDS ASST #2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | LEEDS CREEK |
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | TOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2 |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STANWORTH |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | CAROLINA |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILE 31 1050 |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | ITALIAN SPRING |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | SILVER REEF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 75 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride Chief | Silver, Uranium, Copper, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite | |
| Hot Rock #1 | Uranium, Vanadium, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Hot Rock No.1 | Vanadium, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Vanderbilt No.5 Mines | Silver, Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Woodward Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Rattlesnake Mine | Uranium, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Silver Reef-Harrisburg District | Silver, Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | 1869 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toquerville | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Silver Reef | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Leeds | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pintura | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| LaVerkin | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Harrisburg | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hurricane | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Virgin | 8.1 miles | 15 |
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.









