Grouse Creek Junction, Utah
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84313. The Survey maps it on the Lucin NW quadrangle. It stands 4,669 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lucin NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Newfoundland Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Lucin NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Grouse Creek Junction between 2000 and 2020, burning about 776 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | PIGEON |
| 25 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | 5 MILE |
| 23 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CRANSTON |
| 13 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FOUR MILE FIRE |
| 24 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | RAFT |
| 12 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 774 acres | Bear River Area | LUCIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Grouse Creek Junction: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Dolomite | |
| Railroad Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tecoma Hill | Zinc, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Edison and Bird | Gemstone | Producer | Variscite | |
| Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Producer | Variscite | |
| Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| West Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Occurrence | Variscite | |
| West Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Airfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Airfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucin | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeon | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Etna | 17.6 miles | 11 | |
| Grouse Creek | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Matlin | 29.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lynn | 32.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rosette | 37.3 miles | 13 | |
| Park Valley | 40.3 miles | 12 |
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 Q122564770 | 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 1437574. 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.





