BlockDucket Crossing, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Blanding census division. It lies near Short Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mancos Mesa NE quadrangle.
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 Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Mancos Mesa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS White Canyon 3 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hite Crossing quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Mancos Mesa NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ducket Crossing between 1999 and 2012, burning under an acre in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | JACOBSCHAI |
| 21 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | WHITE CNY |
| 16 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | WINDGATE |
| 24 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Moab Field Office | HWY 95 MM64 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Ducket Crossing: 34 past producers, 13 occurrences, 6 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Uranium, Copper, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dusty | Lead, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Four Aces Mine | Zinc, Lead, Uranium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Happy Jack Mine (White Canyon area) | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Smoky Mine | Uranium, Copper, Vanadium | Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Four Aces | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Malachite | |
| Hopfull No 3 Northpoint Goneaway | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Saratoga Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Uracop | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | 1951 | |
| Bleak Prospect | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Blue Bird #1 | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Malachite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Crossing | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Soldier Crossing | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| White Canyon (historical) | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fry Canyon | 10.2 miles | 20 | |
| Halls Crossing | 30.3 miles | 18 | |
| Clay Hills Crossing | 31.7 miles | 21 | |
| Indian Village | 34.4 miles | 27 | |
| Blanding | 43.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q122594606 | 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 1437548. 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.