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Hanna, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Duchesne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84031. It stands on Nahguch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hanna quadrangle. It stands 6,765 feet above sea level.

Hanna within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Hanna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTABBY MOUNTAIN OVERLOOK
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROBERTS ROOST
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMURRAY'S EXCITED
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyHANNAH
28 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPENROD
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSAND CREEK
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyKNUTE
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWEST CARTER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hanna: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Oil Sands, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Phosphate Deposit #3Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspectMARINE SEDIMENTARY
Tabiona Tar Sand DepositOil SandsOccurrence

Every working recorded in Duchesne County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanna in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011FloodHanna$50,000Several rivers in the Uinta Basin remained at or near flood stage in early July, including Rock Creek, and the Duchesne River at a few different points. These floods were largely mitigated, but some minor damage was observed, including temporarily reducing access to potable water in Myton. A couple of vehicles were also severely damaged in the fast-flowing flood waters. Note that this event began in June.
August 2023Debris FlowHanna$5,000Debris from the East Fork Burn Scar crossed Rock Creek Road below Upper Stillwater Reservoir.

Every storm recorded in Duchesne 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
Tabiona4.5 miles14
Fruitland13.8 miles16
Moon Lake Lodge17.8 miles24
Moon Lake Resort18.1 miles22
Talmage18.4 miles18
Utahn19.9 miles18
Mountain Home20.0 miles18
Boneta22.7 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 HannaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5648648The 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 1428509. 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.