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Austin, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84754. It lies near Jensen Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Annabella quadrangle.

Austin within Sevier County

On record in Austin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 62 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
Natural62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCentral AreaJOE TOWN
5 September 2019Natural18 acresRichfield Field OfficeMINI GOLF
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestTHOMPSON BASIN RD
28 September 2004Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestTROGDOR
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral AreaWASHBURN
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRIVER BOTTOM 2
23 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestLC
22 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSAND CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Austin: 10 past producers, 10 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Geothermal, Clay. 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
Elsinore Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Monroe Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Noonday ProspectManganeseProspect1940
RichfieldManganeseOccurrence
Elsinore Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Elsinore Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21007Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit 21011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sevier 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
Nibley1.0 miles17
Elsinore1.6 miles17
Central Valley2.5 miles17
Monroe2.9 miles17
Jensen3.8 miles17
Annabella4.1 miles17
Joseph6.0 miles17
Richfield7.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1450235. 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.