Black Rock, Utah
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84751. The Survey maps it on the Black Rock quadrangle. It stands 4,856 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Black Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Black Rock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2005 | Natural | 164 acres | Richfield Field Office | STATE 63 |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.9 acres | Central Area | BLACK ROCK WELL |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | GRANDSTAND |
| 30 July 1994 | Natural | 60 acres | Richfield Field Office | CRICKET |
| 1 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HIDDEN FIRE |
| 4 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Central Area | KANOSH 257 |
| 4 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | HITCHIKER |
| 28 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CABOOSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Black Rock: 11 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mack #1 & Mack #2 | Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Mack 1 and Mack 2 | Silver, Manganese, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Gravel Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Black Rock Gravel Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Black Rock Gravel Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Gravel Pit No.2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14082 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14083 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14084 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Read | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Iron Basin | 14.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bloom | 17.2 miles | 13 | |
| Borden | 20.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eightmile Point | 22.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sixmile Point | 24.0 miles | 16 | |
| Neels | 25.0 miles | 13 |
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 Black Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4921687 | 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 1425709. 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.




