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Axtell, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84622. The Survey maps it on the Redmond quadrangle. It stands 5,151 feet above sea level.

Axtell within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Low-income farmers and Farm Security Administration Rural Rehabilitation clients in Sanpete County, Utah, badly needed an alfalfa duster. The equipment in this picture now belongs to the Axtell Alfalfa Duster Cooperative Association whose members in most cases borrowed from Farm Security Administration to set up this community and cooperative service. Christy Thorpe drives the team pulling the duster. He is caretaker of the outfit for his group
Low-income farmers and Farm Security Administration Rural Rehabilitation clients in Sanpete County, Utah, badly needed an alfalfa duster. The equipment in this picture now belongs to the Axtell Alfalfa Duster Cooperative Association whose members in most cases borrowed from Farm Security Administration to set up this community and cooperative service. Christy Thorpe drives the team pulling the duster. He is caretaker of the outfit for his group
Photographer not recorded, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Axtell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks1
Smoking1
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
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE TIJUANA
21 September 2007Fireworks14 acresRichfield Field OfficeGAP
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands231
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSUGAR FACTORY LANE
7 August 2010Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficePOP
31 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeAXTELL RD
24 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRILL RIG
23 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHANSEN LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Axtell: 31 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Bentonite, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Raj #12 ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Redmond Silver MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerHydrozincite, Smithsonite
Redmond Silver MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1915
Abandoned Salt MineSodiumPast Producer
First Red Knoll Bentonite PitClayProducer
Second Red Knoll Bentonite PitClayPast Producer
Willow Creek ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite
Willow Creek QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
Willow Creek Salt MineSodiumPast Producer
Lime Kiln QuarriesLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Axtell in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodAxtell$100,000The Sevier River flooded in Sanpete County, with many roads damaged in the Gunnison and Centerfield area. Water was a foot deep along parts of the Clarion Road, damaging both the road and a nearby hunting club. There was extensive flooding along the Gunnison Farmers Freeway, with some road and bridge damage in that area. Damage was also reported along River Bridge Road in the Fayette area.

Every storm recorded in Sanpete 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
Spearmint4.0 miles15
Centerfield4.8 miles15
Gunnison6.9 miles15
Mayfield7.2 miles16
Christianburg8.1 miles15
Sterling11.8 miles16
Fayette11.9 miles15
Manti17.7 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on AxtellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4830683The 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 1437493. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.