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Dry Fork, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Vernal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84078. The Survey maps it on the Dry Fork quadrangle.

Dry Fork within Uintah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Dry Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,533 acres in total. 72 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
Natural72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY FORK
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreVernal Field OfficeTWELVEMILE
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreVernal Field OfficeSHINDY
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreVernal Field OfficeLITTLE MTN
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE MTN
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHINDY DRAW
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTEINAKER DRAW
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY FORK SETTLEMENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uintah County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dry Fork: 4 prospects, 2 plants. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium. 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
Vernal Field CombinedPhosphorus-Phosphates, UraniumProspect1914
Vernal Field #1Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1914
Vernal Field #2Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1914
Vernal Field #3Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1914
Vernal Field #4Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1914
Vernal Field #5Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1914

Every working recorded in Uintah County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dry Fork in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Dry Fork-The supercell thunderstorm which produced strong damaging outflow winds in Daggett County moved into nearby Uintah County and spawned a funnel cloud which was observed for well over 5 minutes before the rotation made contact with the ground. The tornado remained over open country during its existence. Although the rotation was on the ground for about 9 minutes, it was estimated to have only traveled about one mile during that time. After the rotation lifted off the ground, the funnel cloud persisted for at least another 5 minutes.
September 2013Flash FloodDry Fork-Several areas of flash flooding were observed along Highway 191.

Every storm recorded in Uintah 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
Maeser7.1 miles17
Vernal10.2 miles17
Bullionville11.1 miles21
Tridell12.0 miles17
Lapoint12.5 miles17
Naples12.7 miles18
Whiterocks15.2 miles16
Leeton17.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1440612. 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.