BlockClay Hills Crossing, Utah
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Blanding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84533. It lies near Mikes Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Mikes Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Clay Hills quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Clay Hills 2 SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Navajo Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Mikes Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Clay Hills Crossing between 1995 and 2017, burning about 242 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SILVER REEF |
| 18 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | CLAY HILL |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ROCKHOUSE GULCH |
| 17 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | CLAYHILL |
| 27 March 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 104 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CLAYHILL PASS |
| 1 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | PIUTE FALLS |
| 17 January 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | PIZZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clay Hills Crossing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirlwind Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Tyuyamunite, Uraninite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oljato | 18.4 miles | 18 | |
| Halls Crossing | 19.8 miles | 18 | |
| Goulding | 22.4 miles | 19 | |
| Rainbow City | 24.9 miles | 19 | |
| Fry Canyon | 26.7 miles | 20 | |
| Navajo Mountain | 27.9 miles | 19 | |
| Soldier Crossing | 28.6 miles | 20 | |
| Halchita | 29.7 miles | 21 |
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 Q122553662 | 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 1437523. 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.