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Evans, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84337. The Survey maps it on the Bear River City quadrangle.

Evans 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Evans between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,567 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning8
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBear River AreaJUMP
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN WASTE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBENNETTS
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSON FIRE
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHARPERS POND
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands378
20 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8000
2 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBARBRA NELSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Evans: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 6 occurrences, 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
Stinking SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Buchanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Buchanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Compton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Compton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gardner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gardner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jensen #02054 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jensen #02054 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jensen #02055 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working 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
Ford0.4 miles11
Bradford2.0 miles9
Cropley2.0 miles9
Bear River City2.7 miles11
Elwood5.0 miles9
Honeyville5.3 miles11
Crystal Springs5.4 miles11
Madsen5.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437557. 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.