Georgetown, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Kanab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84741. It stands on Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cannonville quadrangle. It stands 5,804 feet above sea level.

Georgetown within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

1886 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Cannonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1980 USGS Panguitch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 27 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	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	3

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
9 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	DRYWASH1
3 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	BULLDOG HO
10 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Bryce Canyon National Park	CHROME I AND II
1 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Bryce Canyon National Park	BULLDOG
8 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	BULLDOG
6 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	SHEEP CRK
5 August 2017	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	KODACHROME
3 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	WILLIS 2

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown: 9 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite, Subbituminous. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
American Mud and Chemical	Bentonite, Subbituminous	Past Producer	Bentonite
American Mud and Chemical	Bentonite, Peat	Past Producer
Averett Canyon Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence	Anhydrite, Gypsum
Averett Canyon Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 09029	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 09030	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 09031	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 09033	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09029	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09030	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Kane 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Paria	20.6 miles	19
Alton	23.7 miles	14
Long Valley Junction	24.4 miles	16
Duck Creek Village	32.2 miles	19
Glendale	32.4 miles	15
Orderville	35.7 miles	15
Big Water	37.5 miles	17
Mount Carmel	37.9 miles	15

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 Q105324787

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 1437567. 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.