Crescent Junction, Utah
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84540. It lies near Crescent Flat. The Survey maps it on the Crescent Junction quadrangle. It stands 4,882 feet above sea level.
On record in Crescent Junction
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 1 record
- Johnson Ranch Houselisted 2018
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS La Sal quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Crescent Junction quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Moab quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Crescent Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Crescent Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,134 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | TRUCK TIRE |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWER |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CRESENT BENCH |
| 4 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Moab Field Office | H20 BOTTLE |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | CRESCENT JUNCTION |
| 2 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | I70 MM 186 |
| 14 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | TUSHER |
| 10 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Moab Field Office | THOMPSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Crescent Junction: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Potassium, Potassium, Magnesite, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Valley Anticline | Potassium, Magnesite | Occurrence | Carnalite, Sylvite | |
| Salt Valley Anticline | Potassium, Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Reeder No. 1 Well | Potassium | Occurrence | Carnallite, Potash, Sylvite | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10008 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10008 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10008 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brendel (historical) | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Thompson Springs | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Floy | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Vista | 7.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sego | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Solitude | 10.8 miles | 24 | |
| Sagers | 11.6 miles | 22 | |
| Elba | 16.5 miles | 22 |
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 Q5184382 | 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 1437536. 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.









