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Bluebell, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84007. The Survey maps it on the Bluebell quadrangle. 278 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,201 feet above sea level.

Bluebell within Duchesne County

Population over time

2 figures

Bluebell fell from 293 to 278 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010293
2020278-15 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Bluebell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 12 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
Debris and open burning12
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyWATER HOLLOW SOUTH
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAKE FORK CREEK FIRE
13 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencySOUTH PARK
5 August 2010Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyMONARCH RIDGE
2 August 1994Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyGULF
14 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
13 August 1999Natural32 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyCLAYBASIN
10 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyBLUEBELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bluebell: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No. 07024Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 07029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 07023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Duchesne County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluebell in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014HailBluebell-Hail ranging from dime sized to nickel sized was observed in both Bluebell and Myton.

Every storm recorded in Duchesne 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
Mount Emmons3.2 miles17
Altamont3.7 miles17
Altonah5.0 miles18
Upalco5.6 miles17
Boneta6.6 miles17
Monarch7.1 miles17
Ioka8.9 miles18
Cedarview9.2 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on BluebellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4930200The 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 1425831. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.