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Eastland, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84535. The Survey maps it on the Eastland quadrangle.

Eastland within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Eastland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,883 acres in total. 57 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCOTTONWOOD CANYON
27 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWRIGHT
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeMONUMENT
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsM.P. 13
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHIRLEY
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsN.O. CEDAR POINT
8 August 2002Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeGINGER HIL
6 August 2009Natural660 acresMoab Field OfficeLOCKERBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastland in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2007: 4 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 wildfire. 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
December 2007Heavy RainEastland-Rainfall which began on November 30 and continued into December, totaled 3.00 inches over a 36 hour period.
November 2007Heavy RainEastland-Persistent rainfall resulted in a 3.00 inch total over a 36 hour period in the Eastland area. For a continuation on this event please see the December 2007 Storm Data publication.
September 2007Heavy RainEastland-Rainfall of 2.20 inches occurred.
July 2006Heavy RainEastland-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindEastland-no account filed
September 2002FloodEastland-no account filed
July 2002WildfireEastland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Juan 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
Ucolo5.4 miles21
Verdure11.4 miles20
Monticello12.0 miles20
Blanding22.0 miles21
Indian Village28.4 miles27
White Mesa29.3 miles20
La Sal35.6 miles29
Old La Sal36.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1427737. 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.

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.