BlockFlaming Gorge Summer Home Area, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Daggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84023. It lies near Bear Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dutch John quadrangle.
On record in Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Swett Ranchlisted 1979 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Ashley quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Dutch John Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Dutch John quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dutch John quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Dutch John quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,652 acres in total. 96 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 96 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | CANYON RIM |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | CEDAR |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | LAKE CREEK |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | SPRUCE CREEK |
| 27 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | CHICKEN SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Uranium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Point | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Yellow Canary Uranium Deposit | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Dutch John Mountain | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Dutch John Mountain Workings | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flaming Gorge Lodge | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Lodge Summer Home Area | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Manila | 14.7 miles | 20 |
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 Q122551552 | The 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 1454742. 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.