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Atkinville, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84790. It lies near Curly Hollow Wash. The Survey maps it on the White Hills quadrangle.

Atkinville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Atkinville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use25
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning15
Natural12
Fireworks6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Strip Field OfficeLABOR DAY
4 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeHALF MILE
30 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeFRIDGE
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCLAY DOME
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLOOMINGTON HILLS
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands1050PI STANDBY
23 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLOOMINGTON HILLS
16 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeM M 26

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Atkinville: 15 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Copper, Uranium, Volcanic Materials. 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
Bloomington ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Hidden MineCopperOccurrence
Riprap #27056Volcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap No.27056PumiceOccurrence
Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Gypsum ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Gypsum ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Borrow Pit #27054Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow Pit #27054Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Bloomington (historical)1.6 miles20
Bloomington Hills4.3 miles20
Saint George5.6 miles20
Santa Clara7.2 miles19
Middleton7.8 miles20
Washington9.4 miles19
Ivins9.9 miles19
Shivwits12.5 miles16

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 Q122539564The 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 1437481. 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.