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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS Acord Lakes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Old Woman Plateau quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Old Woman Plateau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1997Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | STRAIGHT FORK |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 27 acres | Fishlake National Forest | SB RIDGE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SB RIDGE WFU |
| 18 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | IVY CREEK |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | COAL MINE CREEK |
| 31 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | LAST CHANCE |
| 31 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | FRYING PAN FLAT |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FRYING PAN FLAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivie Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ivie Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept Highways Pit #21053 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Utah Dept Highways Pit# 21052 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Utah Dept Highways Pitt 21056 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #21057 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #21058 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21052 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21053 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Utah Dept. Highways Pit #21056 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipup | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fishlake Resort | 23.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lakeside Resort | 24.3 miles | 19 | |
| Burrville | 28.6 miles | 17 | |
| Salina | 28.9 miles | 18 | |
| Redmond | 30.8 miles | 15 | |
| Koosharem | 31.4 miles | 18 | |
| Aurora | 31.5 miles | 18 |
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 Q62604081 | 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 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.








