BlockBelknap, Utah
19 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 84766. The Survey maps it on the Marysvale Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Sevier quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Sevier quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marysvale Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Marysvale Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Belknap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 56 started naturally. None was 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SARGENT MTN |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | FIF 55 |
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | CANDY |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | FIRST SPRING HOLLOW |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | IRON |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | MINEFIELD |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | FREMONT PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 206 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 206 workings within 5 miles of Belknap: 79 occurrences, 70 past producers, 35 producers, 16 prospects. 35 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Potassium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bbb | Uranium, Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Big Chief | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Bullion Monarch | Uranium, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Durkee District | Uranium, Aluminum, Iron, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum | Past Producer | VEIN AND REPLACEMENT | |
| Fluorite Mine | Iodine | Prospect | 1949 | |
| Freedom Farmer John Wilhelm | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Producer | ||
| Freedom No. 2 | Molybdenum, Uranium | Occurrence | Ilsemannite, Jordisite, Umohoite | |
| Freedom, Farmerjohn, Wilhelm | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1948, 1950 | |
| Mickey #2 | Uranium, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Prospector Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese | Past Producer | 1941, 1950 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1438576. 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.