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Hillsdale, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Panguitch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84735. It lies near Rock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hatch quadrangle.

Hillsdale within Garfield County

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

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Hillsdale between 1994 and 2017, burning about 439 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
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
28 September 2008Natural39 acresDixie National ForestRED CANYON WFU
28 September 2005Natural55 acresCedar City Field OfficeS CANYON
5 August 2008Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsR D
28 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDixie National ForestCHUNK
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeGEORGE
25 August 2008Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJ H
22 August 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBACK HOE
20 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeLOSEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Hillsdale: 16 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #09014Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceBasalt
Hillsdale DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrenceDiatomaceous Earth
Hillsdale DiatomiteDiatomitePast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Casto Wash Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
North Casto Wash Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Hatch Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
North Hatch Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sheep Hollow Road Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsdale in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 7 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodHillsdale$50,000The Sevier River flooded again in mid-June, with the focus further south along the river this time. Low lying roads and bridges in the town of Hatch were impacted, including the Old Hatch Bridge.
July 2014Flash FloodHillsdale$5,000A flash flood occurred on Utah State Route 12 at Milepost 6. The westbound lane was blocked by debris that was about 4 feet deep and 20 feet long.
August 2018Flash FloodHillsdale-Heavy rain produced a flash flood at the Red Canyon Visitor Center that caused mud to cover half the parking lot.
August 2014Flash FloodHillsdale-Members of the public reported flash flooding in Red Canyon.
July 2014Flash FloodHillsdale-Flash flooding occurred in Red Canyon after heavy rainfall, and was recorded on video.
August 2014Flash FloodHillsdale-The Forest Service reported flash flooding in Red Canyon and Butch Cassidy Wash.
July 2010Flash FloodHillsdale-Flash flooding occurred in Red Canyon, with 2 feet of mud and water flowing over Highway 12, making the road impassable.
July 2010Flash FloodHillsdale-Highway patrol reported one foot of water, as well as mud and debris, across State Route 12 between mileposts 1 and 4.

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Hatch5.5 miles16
Panguitch7.7 miles15
Bryce Canyon City12.3 miles15
Lake View Resort12.7 miles18
Juniper Park Resort12.7 miles18
Bryce Canyon13.0 miles15
Panguitch Lake Resort13.8 miles19
Bear Valley Junction17.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437588. 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.