Gravel Crossing, Utah
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanding census division. It lies near Gravel Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Jacobs Chair quadrangle.
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.
- 1886 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Natural Bridges quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS White Canyon 4 NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hite Crossing quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Jacobs Chair quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Jacobs Chair quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Gravel Crossing between 1999 and 2018, burning under an acre 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | JACOBSCHAI |
| 16 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | WINDGATE |
| 12 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | FRY CANYON |
| 11 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | CHEEZE BOX |
| 24 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Moab Field Office | HWY 95 MM64 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Gravel Crossing: 33 past producers, 14 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Copper, Copper, Copper, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Jack Mine (White Canyon area) | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Smoky Mine | Uranium, Copper, Vanadium | Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Hopfull No 3 Northpoint Goneaway | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| North Point | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Saratoga Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Unknown | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Uracop | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | 1951 | |
| Hopefull # 3 , Northpoint, Goneaway | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Malachite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Uranophane | |
| Jacobs Chair Mine | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Malachite, Uraninite | |
| Rainbow Canyon Mine | Uranium, Copper | Producer | Uraninite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Crossing | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Ducket Crossing | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fry Canyon | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| White Canyon (historical) | 12.4 miles | 19 | |
| Clay Hills Crossing | 29.8 miles | 21 | |
| Halls Crossing | 30.4 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Village | 32.0 miles | 27 | |
| Blanding | 40.8 miles | 21 |
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 Q122547435 | 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 1437571. 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.








