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Ballard Junction, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Smithfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84325. It sits by Black Rock. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle.

Ballard Junction within Cache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Ballard Junction between 1993 and 2019, burning about 452 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEAVER DAM 2400 WEST
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands3200 WEST
6 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use37 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHWY 30 MP 95
30 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBALLARD
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined29 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBIRD
27 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use20 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBENSEN MARINA
27 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHIGHWAY 23
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAWS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ballard Junction: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mendon Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mendon Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cache 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
Petersboro1.1 miles16
Benson3.0 miles16
Riverside3.1 miles16
Cache Junction3.6 miles10
Mendon5.2 miles17
Newton5.4 miles16
Quigley Crossing5.6 miles16
Amalga7.1 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 Q122563353The 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 1437495. 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.