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Blueacre, Utah

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. The Survey maps it on the Milford NW quadrangle.

Blueacre within Beaver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Blueacre between 1993 and 2019, burning about 234 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
24 August 1998Natural10 acresCedar City Field OfficeROCKY HILL
21 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeTHREE MILE
18 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeHICKORY
15 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeO2
15 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeOK MINE
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeLONE TREE
9 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD HICKORY
3 July 2000Natural70 acresCedar City Field OfficeSTAR RANGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Blueacre: 41 past producers, 13 occurrences, 7 producers, 6 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Iron, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Beaver MetalsIron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, ManganesePast ProducerContact Metamorphic
Bwana Ore BodyTungsten, CopperPast Producer
Copper Ranch MineCopper, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1899, 1912
Galena MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1895, 1899
Galena MineZinc, Silver, LeadProspectUnderground
Hidden Treasure MineCopper, Iron, Gold, SilverPast Producer1960, 1974
Maria MineCopper, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1959, 1960
Milford Deposits Old Hickory and OthersTungsten, Iron, CopperProducerScheelite
OK MineCopper, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum, GoldProducer1895, 1900
Old HickoryTungsten, IronPast Producer1883, 1906

Every working recorded in Beaver 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
Frisco7.0 miles11
Murdock7.9 miles13
Yellow Banks8.7 miles17
Milford8.9 miles11
Shenendoah City9.2 miles9
Smyths9.2 miles13
Shauntie10.1 miles9
Newhouse11.1 miles11

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 Q122568296The 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 1437506. 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.