BlockElba, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. It stands on Elba Flat. The Survey maps it on the Sagers Flat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS La Sal quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Thompson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Moab quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Sagers Flat quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Elba between 1993 and 2020, burning about 13 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1994 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Moab Field Office | FREEWAY |
| 15 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Moab Field Office | RR 6 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | YELLOW CAT |
| 6 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | I70 MM201 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SAGERS FLAT |
| 30 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | I70 MM198 |
| 15 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FREEWAY |
| 1 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | WINDYMESA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Elba: 55 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 55 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbro Mines | Uranium, Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium, Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Abe #1 | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Blue Boy | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Cactus | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Climax Uranium Co., Climax Div, Amax Inc | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Constellation #3 | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Copper 2b | Uranium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagers | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Vista | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Cisco | 10.0 miles | 23 | |
| Thompson Springs | 11.1 miles | 22 | |
| Sego | 11.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dewey | 14.5 miles | 25 | |
| Agate | 14.6 miles | 19 | |
| Brendel (historical) | 16.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437550. 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.