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Cove, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84766. It lies near Sid Carter Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Range quadrangle.

Cove within Sevier County

On record in Cove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 66 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
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Firearms and explosives use5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCentral AreaJOE TOWN
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeBOX CANYON
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSARGENT MTN
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeFIF 55
2 September 1996Natural5.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeCANDY
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFIRST SPRING HOLLOW
16 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Cove: 17 occurrences, 12 past producers, 11 producers, 2 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Aluminum, Iron. 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
Antelope MineGold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Antelope MineSilver, GoldProducer
BbbUranium, DiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Big ChiefAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceReplacement
Copper Cap ProspectUranium, AluminumOccurrenceVein
Mickey #2Uranium, SilverOccurrence
Quartzite Cap Manganese MineManganese, Iron, AluminumPast ProducerLimonite
Von Hindenburg DepositAluminum, PotassiumOccurrence1915
Yellow Jacket DepositAluminum, PotassiumPast Producer1914, 1915
Big Chief DepositPotassium, AluminumOccurrence1915

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cove in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flash flood. 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
August 2011Flash FloodCove-Flash flooding occurred along Clear Creek Canyon Road near Fremont Indian State Park. This flooding was exacerbated by the rain falling on an old burn scar, which allowed debris to flow over the road.

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
Sevier0.7 miles19
Joseph2.8 miles17
Belknap5.6 miles19
Monroe7.2 miles17
Elsinore8.1 miles17
Austin8.6 miles17
Nibley9.3 miles17
Central Valley11.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1440062. 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.