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Gusher, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84026. The Survey maps it on the Fort Duchesne quadrangle. It stands 5,069 feet above sea level.

Gusher within Uintah County

On record in Gusher

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Gusher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 8 were 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
Debris and open burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Fireworks32
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony7
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresVernal Field OfficeSOUTH COTTONWOOD
7 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyGUN RANGE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARDCUT
6 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyL CHICAGO
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyCOONSVILLE
30 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyYELLOWSTON
3 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyJAILHOUSE
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyFOOTHILLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uintah 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
Fort Duchesne2.1 miles16
Randlett4.8 miles16
Ballard6.7 miles17
Lapoint7.2 miles17
Independence7.2 miles16
Bennett7.9 miles17
Leeton8.1 miles16
Tridell10.6 miles17

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 GusherAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q104870825The 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 1428449. 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.