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Fairbanks Crossing, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies near Green Draw. The Survey maps it on the Agency Draw NW quadrangle.

Fairbanks Crossing within Uintah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fairbanks Crossing between 1998 and 2013, burning about 4 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17

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 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyDOGKNOLL
25 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyNHILLCREEK
23 August 2005Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyDOGKNOLL
15 August 2003Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyDOGKNOLL
14 August 2013Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyFAIRBANKS 4
14 August 2013Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyFAIRBANKS 1
14 August 2013Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyFAIRBANKS 3
14 August 2013Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyDOG KNOLL

Every fire recorded in Uintah County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairbanks Crossing: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Blue Knolls No. 28 ProspectUranium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Blue KnollsUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Uintah 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
Santio Crossing7.9 miles18
Ouray25.0 miles17
Rainbow30.1 miles19
Leota32.0 miles17
Watson32.2 miles19
Little Bonanza34.8 miles17
Randlett34.9 miles16
Dragon35.2 miles19

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 Q122593806The 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 1437558. 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.