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Curlew Junction, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Howell-Snowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84336. The Survey maps it on the Curlew Junction quadrangle. It stands 4,846 feet above sea level.

Curlew Junction within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Curlew Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 322 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field Office42
10 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSMOKEINTHECEDARS
9 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSAMPINOS
6 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROSE
30 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCHARLES TAYLOR
2 August 2009Natural66 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD BLACK PINE
29 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTERVELL
27 July 2001Natural2.5 acresSawtooth National ForestGREEN CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Curlew Junction: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Cedar Creek GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Curlew GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Curlew GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U - 30 - 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
U-30-1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
U-30-1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U-30-2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
U-30-2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U-42-2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
U-42-2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder 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
Cedar Creek5.1 miles11
Hardup6.9 miles11
Kelton15.3 miles10
Park Valley17.5 miles12
Snowville18.6 miles10
Standrod19.1 miles13
Rosette21.3 miles13
Yost25.6 miles12

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 Q123476473The 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 1437540. 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.