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Burrville, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84744. It stands on Burr Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burrville quadrangle. It stands 7,011 feet above sea level.

Burrville within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Burrville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle 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
8 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestKOOHSAREM CREEK WFU
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeKOOSHAREM
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAST BATCHLOR
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeTWO TRACK
30 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestMILO
3 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeKOOSHAREM FIRE
20 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsQUARNBERG
20 August 2017Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDANIELS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Burrville: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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
Burrville Borrow Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Burrville Borrow Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Burrville Borrow Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burrville Borrow Pitts No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oak Springhollow Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Oak Springhollow Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit 31060Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit # 21060Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burrville in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindBurrville-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded by the State Route 72 at Hogan Pass automated weather station.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBurrville-A peak wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by the state Route 72 at Hogan Pass sensor.
July 2017Flash FloodBurrville-Heavy rain north of Capitol Reef National Park, with radar estimates of over 3 inches of rain, caused flash flooding along State Route 72.
August 2010Flash FloodBurrville-Heavy rain caused a flash flood at the Ivie Creek rest area, located at mile post 87 along I-70, with water and debris flowing into the rest area.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Koosharem4.3 miles18
Lakeside Resort7.1 miles19
Fishlake Resort7.5 miles19
Annabella14.1 miles17
Monroe14.2 miles17
Glenwood14.9 miles17
Austin15.4 miles17
Central Valley15.5 miles17

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 BurrvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5000536The 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 1439380. 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.