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Freedom, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84646. It lies near Kern Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Green South quadrangle. It stands 5,787 feet above sea level.

Freedom within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Freedom between 1994 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestLOST
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestFOUND
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWALES RESERVOIR
2 September 2016Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestMINNIE SPRINGS
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral AreaJERUSALEM
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTARLING
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBROTHERSON
31 August 2012Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestFOUNTAIN GREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Freedom: 17 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Stone, 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
Moroni North Sandstone ProspectsStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartz
Wales Tufa DepositCalciumOccurrence
Bruno's Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moroni Canal Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit #20023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sandstone
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sandstone
Utah Dept. Highways, Pit #20027Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No. 20016Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No. 20017Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete 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
Jerusalem1.5 miles19
Moroni3.3 miles18
Wales3.9 miles16
Fountain Green6.1 miles18
Chester6.5 miles16
Spring City9.1 miles16
Pigeon Hollow Junction9.6 miles16
Mount Pleasant10.3 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 FreedomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5500430The 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 1441224. 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.