Heist, Utah
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beryl-Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84714. The Survey maps it on the Heist quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1885 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Heist quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Heist between 1993 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | WELCOME SP |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | DESERT SPRINGS |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | 8 MILE |
| 21 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Zion National Park | ELINOR |
| 10 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MONENA EAST |
| 19 June 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GARDEN VALLEY |
| 19 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | RESERVOIR |
| 19 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MODENA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Heist: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flin Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Flin Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Mcdonald Wash Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit No 11089 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11089 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heist in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Heist | $10,000 | Flash flooding occurred in Hamlin Valley near Modena. A number of all-terrain vehicles were lost, and many dirt roads were washed out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Crossing | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Modena | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Beryl | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hamlin Valley | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| State Line | 13.3 miles | 14 | |
| Beryl Junction | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Zane | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Newcastle | 20.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437587. 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.






