BlockDuck Creek Village, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Orderville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84762. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henrie Knolls quadrangle. It stands 8,507 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Panguitch Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Panguitch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Henrie Knolls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Henrie Knolls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Duck Creek Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 100 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 100 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | HENRIE KNOLL |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | UTV |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | HOLLOW |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | STRAWBERRY |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | EVERETT HOLLOW |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KN FA 0004 |
| 26 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | CINDER PIT |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | DUCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Duck Creek Village: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Creek Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Duck Creek Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo lake Lodge | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Long Valley Junction | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Alton | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Glendale | 14.6 miles | 15 | |
| Orderville | 17.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 19.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel Junction | 20.7 miles | 15 | |
| Georgetown | 32.2 miles | 16 |
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 Duck Creek Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711503 | 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 1954629. 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.