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Flowell, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84631. The Survey maps it on the Meadow quadrangle. It stands 4,708 feet above sea level.

Flowell within Millard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

49 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Flowell between 1995 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
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
17 September 1995Natural5.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeFLOWELL
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeTRAILER
9 August 1998Natural8.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPHEASANT FARM
7 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROBINSON FARM
4 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSUNFLOWER LANE
31 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
30 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSOUTH EXIT
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeSWATHER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Flowell: 14 producers, 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Fillmore Gypsum MillGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Hatton Black Rock Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Red DomeLimestone, DimensionProducer
The Cinders Central Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt, Cinders, Pumice, Scoria
Ut. Dept of Hwys Cinder Pit #14031Volcanic MaterialsProducerBasalt, Cinders, Pumice, Scoria
Watts LeaseLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Flowell Cinder ConePumiceProducerCinders
The Cinders Central Cinder PitPumiceOccurrence
Ut Dept Hwys Cinder Pit 14031PumiceProducer
Fillmore Gravel Pit No 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartzite

Every working recorded in Millard 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
Fillmore5.6 miles17
Meadow6.5 miles15
Hatton9.8 miles16
Greenwood10.7 miles16
Kanosh Indian Village11.1 miles16
Holden11.8 miles16
Kanosh12.3 miles16
Sixmile Point15.1 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on FlowellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18148503The 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 1454595. 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.