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Harrisburg Junction, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84737. It lies near Purgatory Flat. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg Junction quadrangle.

Harrisburg Junction within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,322 acres in total. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTELEGRAPH
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM18 I15
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM 17
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCedar City Field OfficeWASHINGTON ASSIST 02
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthwest AreaWASHINGTON DAM
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest AreaCOUNTRY WAY
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest AreaMILL WASH
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg Junction: 20 past producers, 10 occurrences, 8 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Silica, Silver, Copper. 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
ArizonaSilver, Copper, UraniumPast ProducerCerargyrite, Malachite
Basalt Riprap #27038Volcanic MaterialsProspectBasalt
Llama GroupUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Llama GroupVanadium, UraniumOccurrence
MaudSilver, Uranium, CopperPast ProducerMalachite
MaudUranium, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Basalt Riprap No.27038PumiceProspect
Borrow PitSilicaProducer
Clay PitBentonitePast ProducerSedimentary
Clay PitBentonitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Harrisburg3.6 miles17
Washington4.6 miles19
Middleton6.4 miles20
Leeds6.5 miles17
Silver Reef7.1 miles18
Hurricane7.6 miles17
LaVerkin9.0 miles17
Saint George9.0 miles20

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 Q122556448The 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 1437584. 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.