BlockColumbia Junction, 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. It lies in ZIP code area 84520. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 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 Sunnyside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Columbia Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,776 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUNNYSIDE |
| 7 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | TANK |
| 30 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | FAN |
| 29 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Moab Field Office | SHOULDER |
| 21 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | A CANYON |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 107 acres | Southeast Area | WATER CANYON |
| 12 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COLUMBIA |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Moab Field Office | ICELANDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragerton (historical) | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| East Carbon City | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnydale | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Columbia (historical) | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Upper Sunnyside | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyside Junction | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bruin Point | 9.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437530. 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.