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Fort Johnson, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cedar City census division. It lies near Clarks Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Enoch quadrangle.

Fort Johnson within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Fort Johnson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 35 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/undetermined64
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeENOCHVISTA
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKWEST
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM65 I15
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCINDER HILL
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFIFE TOWN
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeEGG
22 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCEDAR CITY ASSIST 06
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENOCH WASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Fort Johnson: 20 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Cinder Hill Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder Hill Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Red Hills ProspectsIronOccurrence
Red Hills ProspectsIronOccurrence
Black Point Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Black Point Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Braffits Creek Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSandstone
Braffits Creek Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cinder Hill Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Cinder Hill Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Enoch0.6 miles17
Summit5.3 miles14
Cedar City7.2 miles19
Halivah8.9 miles18
Cedar Highlands9.8 miles19
Iron Springs10.9 miles18
Brian Head11.3 miles18
Parowan11.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437562. 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.