BlockBloom, Utah
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fillmore census division. The Survey maps it on the Borden quadrangle.
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 Borden quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bloom between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,755 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1995 | Natural | 1,600 acres | Richfield Field Office | E CRICKET |
| 10 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | TWIST CANY |
| 9 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 154 acres | Richfield Field Office | BLACK WILLOW |
| 5 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | LIME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bloom: 14 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Bloom Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Bloom Gravel Pit No.3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bloom Gravel Pit No.4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borden Gravel Pit #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borden Gravel Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borden Gravel Pit No.5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borden Gravel Pits #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Candland Spring Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Candland Spring Gravel Pit No.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borden | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Iron Basin | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Neels | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Clear Lake | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Black Rock | 17.2 miles | 13 | |
| Eightmile Point | 18.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sixmile Point | 18.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hatton | 19.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437503. 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.