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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Redmond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Manti quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 1940Taken 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.
Photographer not recorded, 1940. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE TIJUANA |
| 21 September 2007 | Fireworks | 14 acres | Richfield Field Office | GAP |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 231 |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUGAR FACTORY LANE |
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | POP |
| 31 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | AXTELL RD |
| 24 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DRILL RIG |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HANSEN LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raj #12 Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Redmond Silver Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Hydrozincite, Smithsonite | |
| Redmond Silver Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Abandoned Salt Mine | Sodium | Past Producer | ||
| First Red Knoll Bentonite Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Second Red Knoll Bentonite Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Prospects | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| Willow Creek Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Willow Creek Salt Mine | Sodium | Past Producer | ||
| Lime Kiln Quarries | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Axtell | $100,000 | The 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spearmint | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Centerfield | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Gunnison | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mayfield | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Christianburg | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sterling | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Fayette | 11.9 miles | 15 | |
| Manti | 17.7 miles | 15 |
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 Axtell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4830683 | The 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.






