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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Wah Wah Mts. South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Milford NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1998 | Natural | 10 acres | Cedar City Field Office | ROCKY HILL |
| 21 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | THREE MILE |
| 18 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | HICKORY |
| 15 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | O2 |
| 15 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | OK MINE |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | LONE TREE |
| 9 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD HICKORY |
| 3 July 2000 | Natural | 70 acres | Cedar City Field Office | STAR RANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 67 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Metals | Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Bwana Ore Body | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Ranch Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1899, 1912 | |
| Galena Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1895, 1899 | |
| Galena Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | Underground | |
| Hidden Treasure Mine | Copper, Iron, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1960, 1974 | |
| Maria Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1959, 1960 | |
| Milford Deposits Old Hickory and Others | Tungsten, Iron, Copper | Producer | Scheelite | |
| OK Mine | Copper, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum, Gold | Producer | 1895, 1900 | |
| Old Hickory | Tungsten, Iron | Past Producer | 1883, 1906 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Murdock | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Yellow Banks | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Milford | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shenendoah City | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Smyths | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Shauntie | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newhouse | 11.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122568296 | 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 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.




