Bruin Point, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Carbon census division. The Survey maps it on the Bruin Point quadrangle.

Bruin Point within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1886 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1896 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000
1915 USGS Sunnyside quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Bruin Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bruin Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,359 acres in total. 19 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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
5 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Moab Field Office	GRASSY TRAIL
23 September 2009	Natural	1.8 acres	Moab Field Office	HUNT OIL
9 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	COTTONWOOD
29 August 2003	Natural	213 acres	Moab Field Office	SOUTH RIDG
27 August 2009	Natural	2.6 acres	Moab Field Office	BRUIN POINT
18 August 2005	Natural	2.5 acres	Moab Field Office	BURNT CABI
15 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	HAROLD
13 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	PATMOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bruin Point: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Oil Sands. 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
	Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstones	Oil Sands	Past Producer	Stratiform

Every working recorded in Carbon 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Upper Sunnyside	5.4 miles	20
Sunnyside	6.6 miles	20
East Carbon City	7.4 miles	20
Dragerton (historical)	7.9 miles	20
Sunnydale	8.0 miles	20
Columbia (historical)	8.8 miles	20
Columbia Junction	9.2 miles	20
Sunnyside Junction	14.5 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437514. 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.