BlockHorse Canyon, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Green River census division. It lies in Horse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lila Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1896 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Lila Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Horse Canyon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Moab Field Office | BIG ROCK |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | HORSE CANYON |
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | RING |
| 20 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | LILA |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | DEAD HORSE |
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | LILA CANYON |
| 1 September 2010 | Natural | 78 acres | Moab Field Office | NELSON |
| 7 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | TANK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horse Canyon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Deposit #08056 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Deposit 08056 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Limestone, Sandstone |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1435701. 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.