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Ferron Mill, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Emery-Ferron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84523. It lies near Diversion Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ferron quadrangle.

Ferron Mill within Emery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ferron Mill between 1994 and 2016, burning about 5 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 acreManti-Lasal National ForestBIRCH SPRING
7 August 1998Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestDRY MOUNTAIN
15 August 2000Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestDRY MOUNTAIN
28 July 1994Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
27 July 2000Natural1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMUD
22 July 1996Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestNELSON MOUNTAIN
19 July 1999Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestHORN MOUNTAIN
20 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeDUTCH FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emery County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ferron Mill: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highway's Pit #08020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highway's Pit No. 08021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 08019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Emery 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
Ferron2.7 miles20
Clawson5.2 miles19
Molen5.9 miles19
Moore9.3 miles18
Orangeville11.2 miles19
Castle Dale11.7 miles19
Emery12.7 miles18
Lawrence19.1 miles15

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 Q122546037The 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 1441030. 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.