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Garrison, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Garrison-Sevier Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84728. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. It stands 5,276 feet above sea level.

Garrison within Millard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 2000 and 2017, burning about 1,180 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle 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
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeFIF 53
11 August 2015Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRED PASS
5 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEly District OfficeRUDOLPH
4 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1,168 acresEly District OfficeHATCHERY
20 July 2003Naturalunder an acreGreat Basin National ParkHIDDEN CAN
7 June 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreEly District OfficeSHELTER
25 June 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHATCHERY
6 May 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEly District OfficeSNAKE CREEK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Garrison: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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
Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit 14114Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14112Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14113Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14115Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Potential Pit 14117Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Utah Dept, of Highways Borrow Pit #14114Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14112Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14113Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14115Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Potential Gravel Pit # 14117Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Millard County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrison in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012HailGarrison-One inch hail was reported near US-50, close to the Utah/Nevada border.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGarrison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Millard 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
Eskdale12.7 miles17
Ibex31.5 miles11
Gandy35.7 miles18
Iron Basin57.1 miles13
Black Rock58.4 miles13
Malone59.0 miles13
Read60.9 miles13
Bloom64.9 miles13

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 GarrisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5524008The 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 1428153. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.