BlockBlair, Utah
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. The Survey maps it on the Silsbee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Silsbee quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Bonneville Salt Flats quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Blair between 2007 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILDCAT ASSIST |
| 7 July 2007 | Fireworks | 40 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | MONTEGO |
| 18 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONNEVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Blair: 7 producers, 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capell Salt Co. | Halite | Occurrence | ||
| Leppy Peak Sand Dunes | Silica | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Reilly-Wendover Plant | Potassium, Magnesite, Salt | Plant | 1914, 1917 | |
| Salduro Salt Deposits | Potassium, Halite | Occurrence | ||
| Utah Salt Co. | Salt | Producer | ||
| Tetzlaff Peak Sand Dunes | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Wendover Quad. Sand Dunes | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Bonneville Ltd. Potash Plant | Bromine | Producer | 1914, 1939 | |
| Tetzlaff Peak Subsurface Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1914, 1917 | |
| Utah Salt Co. | Bromine | Past Producer | Halite |
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 1437502. 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.