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Fremont Junction, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies near Post Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Old Woman Plateau quadrangle. It stands 6,828 feet above sea level.

Fremont Junction within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Fremont Junction between 1997 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 1997Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestSTRAIGHT FORK
2 September 2007Natural27 acresFishlake National ForestSB RIDGE
2 September 2007Natural25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSB RIDGE WFU
18 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeIVY CREEK
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestCOAL MINE CREEK
31 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestLAST CHANCE
31 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFRYING PAN FLAT
30 August 2008Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFRYING PAN FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Fremont Junction: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ivie Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ivie Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit #21053Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Utah Dept Highways Pit# 21052Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Utah Dept Highways Pitt 21056Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #21057Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #21058Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21052Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21053Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21056Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Sevier 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
Whipup4.5 miles18
Fishlake Resort23.2 miles19
Lakeside Resort24.3 miles19
Burrville28.6 miles17
Salina28.9 miles18
Redmond30.8 miles15
Koosharem31.4 miles18
Aurora31.5 miles18

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 Q62604081The 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 1441235. 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.