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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | FIF 53 |
| 11 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | RED PASS |
| 5 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ely District Office | RUDOLPH |
| 4 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,168 acres | Ely District Office | HATCHERY |
| 20 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Great Basin National Park | HIDDEN CAN |
| 7 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ely District Office | SHELTER |
| 25 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HATCHERY |
| 6 May 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ely District Office | SNAKE CREEK ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit 14114 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14112 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14113 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14115 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Potential Pit 14117 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Utah Dept, of Highways Borrow Pit #14114 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14112 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14113 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14115 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Potential Gravel Pit # 14117 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Hail | Garrison | - | One inch hail was reported near US-50, close to the Utah/Nevada border. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eskdale | 12.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ibex | 31.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gandy | 35.7 miles | 18 | |
| Iron Basin | 57.1 miles | 13 | |
| Black Rock | 58.4 miles | 13 | |
| Malone | 59.0 miles | 13 | |
| Read | 60.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bloom | 64.9 miles | 13 |
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 Garrison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5524008 | 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 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.





