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Bennett, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84066. The Survey maps it on the Roosevelt quadrangle. It stands 5,445 feet above sea level.

Bennett within Uintah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Bennett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,307 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyPOWER POLE
30 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyYELLOWSTON
21 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGARDNER
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyYELOWSTONE
17 September 2020Smoking6.8 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyFAUCETT
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresNortheast AreaWELDER
14 September 2007Natural4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands6000 NORTH
13 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHILLTOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uintah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bennett: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Leeton Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leeton Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West Channel Uinta River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
West Channel Uintah River Gravel PtSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Uintah 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
Leeton1.3 miles16
Hayden4.5 miles16
Ballard5.8 miles17
Whiterocks6.5 miles16
Tridell7.1 miles17
Fort Duchesne7.3 miles16
Lapoint7.8 miles17
Gusher7.9 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 Q114331711The 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 1437498. 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.