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Etna, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84313. It stands on Warm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grouse Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,223 feet above sea level.

Etna within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Etna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,066 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeKIMBER
18 September 1994Natural5.0 acresElko District OfficeDEAN SPGS
1 September 2001Natural5.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeETNA
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsETNA
8 August 2006Natural239 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeMORSE
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeJUNIPER
5 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGORDEN LARSEN
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Etna: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Unnamed Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grouse Creek GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Grouse Creek GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grouse Creek RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Grouse Creek RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Toms Cabin West GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Toms Cabin West GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etna in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2005Thunderstorm WindEtna-Rosebud RAWS site

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Grouse Creek4.6 miles11
Grouse Creek Junction17.6 miles13
Lynn17.8 miles12
Lucin22.5 miles12
Pigeon24.8 miles12
Yost29.6 miles12
Rosette30.4 miles13
Matlin32.5 miles10

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 Q5404693The 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 1437556. 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.