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Cedar Highlands, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cedar City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84720. It lies near Lone Tree Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cedar City quadrangle.

Cedar Highlands within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Natural50
Equipment and vehicle use26
Fireworks14
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwest AreaMM57 I15
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMARLBORO
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeKANARRA MOUNTAIN
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwest AreaMM58 I15
6 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENGLESTEAD ESTATES
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPRUCE FIRE
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCEDAR CITY ASSIST 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Highlands: 12 past producers, 6 producers, 5 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium. 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
B & D #1UraniumOccurrence
Coal Creek Canyon Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1923
Coal Creek Canyon Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Mammoth Plaster & Cement Co. QuarryGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Shurtz Canyon GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Shurtz Canyon GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Shurtz Canyon GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Cedar Aggregate Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Condominium PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Limestone, Sandstone
Condominium PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Cedar City2.9 miles19
Hamiltons Fort5.7 miles19
Halivah8.5 miles18
Enoch9.4 miles17
Fort Johnson9.8 miles17
Kanarraville10.0 miles19
Brian Head11.0 miles18
North View11.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2791542. 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.