BlockBeaver Dams Summer Homes Area, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies near Beaver Dam Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fairview Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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
- 1965 USGS Fairview Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2001 USGS Fairview Lakes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FAIRVIEW LAKES |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOULDER |
| 30 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ELK HOLLOW |
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | TROUGH SPRINGS |
| 27 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUNSET |
| 19 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | YAH-WEH |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Department of Highways Pit #20006 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Milburn | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hill Top | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Indianola | 15.1 miles | 18 | |
| Spring City | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Moroni | 18.0 miles | 18 |
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 Q122570244 | 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 1451187. 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.