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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Meadow quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Fillmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | FLOWELL |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | TRAILER |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PHEASANT FARM |
| 7 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROBINSON FARM |
| 4 August 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUNFLOWER LANE |
| 31 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | not named |
| 30 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOUTH EXIT |
| 30 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | SWATHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore Gypsum Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Hatton Black Rock Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Red Dome | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| The Cinders Central Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Basalt, Cinders, Pumice, Scoria | |
| Ut. Dept of Hwys Cinder Pit #14031 | Volcanic Materials | Producer | Basalt, Cinders, Pumice, Scoria | |
| Watts Lease | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Flowell Cinder Cone | Pumice | Producer | Cinders | |
| The Cinders Central Cinder Pit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Cinder Pit 14031 | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Fillmore Gravel Pit No 8 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartzite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Meadow | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hatton | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Greenwood | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kanosh Indian Village | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Holden | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Kanosh | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sixmile Point | 15.1 miles | 16 |
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 Flowell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18148503 | 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 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.





