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Bloomington Hills, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84790. It lies near Webb Hill. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle.

Bloomington Hills within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Bloomington Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 744 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined84
Debris and open burning24
Fireworks17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural7
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
4 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeHALF MILE
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCLAY DOME
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLOOMINGTON HILLS
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands1050PI STANDBY
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands400 W.
23 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLOOMINGTON HILLS
18 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands450 N. 2000 E.
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresCedar City Field OfficeALANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Bloomington Hills: 18 past producers, 12 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Bloomington ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Hidden MineCopperOccurrence
Picture Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ut Dept Hwys Dune Sand Deposit27045SilicaProspect
Gypsum ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Gypsum ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Riprap #27056Volcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt
Riprap Deposit #27047Volcanic MaterialsProspectBasalt
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap Dep No.27047PumiceProspect
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap No.27056PumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Bloomington (historical)2.8 miles20
Saint George3.4 miles20
Middleton4.3 miles20
Atkinville4.3 miles20
Washington5.5 miles19
Santa Clara7.2 miles19
Harrisburg Junction9.6 miles17
Ivins9.9 miles19

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 Q122562757The 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 1453045. 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.