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Consumers, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84526. It lies near Bryner Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Jump Creek quadrangle.

Consumers within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Photographs

8 of 27 photographs shown, 1936

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Utah coal town housing. Consumers, near Price, Utah. Mines owned and controlled by absentee capital in the East
Utah coal town housing. Consumers, near Price, Utah. Mines owned and controlled by absentee capital in the East
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Consumers, near Price, Utah. View of company-owned houses. Utah coal town
Consumers, near Price, Utah. View of company-owned houses. Utah coal town
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah
Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Consumers. Blue Blaze coal mine. Near Price, Utah
Consumers. Blue Blaze coal mine. Near Price, Utah
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Main street in a Utah coal mining settlement. Consumers, near Price
Main street in a Utah coal mining settlement. Consumers, near Price
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Housing in Utah coal town
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Housing in Utah coal town
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Blue Blaze coal mine. Consumers, near Price, Utah
Blue Blaze coal mine. Consumers, near Price, Utah
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Miner's home, company-owned. Blue Blaze Coal Company. Consumers, near Price, Utah
Miner's home, company-owned. Blue Blaze Coal Company. Consumers, near Price, Utah
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Carbon County

Fires near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Consumers between 1994 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
6 September 2002Natural1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUMP CREEK
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeBULL POINT
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeOAK SPRINGS
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeROAD TRIP
30 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONE TREE
3 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBROADS CANYON
25 August 2020Natural3.0 acresMoab Field OfficeSWISHER
22 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJOHNSON CREEK

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 Consumers: 1 producer. All of them 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
Utah Dept of Hwys No 25100Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Coal City3.4 miles20
Scofield5.4 miles20
Clear Creek6.1 miles20
Latuda6.2 miles18
Winter Quarters (historical)6.8 miles20
Standardville6.8 miles18
Storrs7.6 miles18
Peerless8.1 miles18

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 ConsumersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995347The 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 1451217. 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.