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Indianola, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84629. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indianola quadrangle. It stands 5,961 feet above sea level.

Indianola within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Indianola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,452 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPENCER FORK
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use24 acresCentral AreaINDIAN RIDGE
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLACKHAWK
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestVICTORIA
17 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBIGLER
13 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
12 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCentral AreaSTONE BRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Indianola: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Crotons ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceVein
Congo No. 1 ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Losty Canyon ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Chert, Quartzite, Sand, Sandstone
Long Ridge Sw Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Snail Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Snail Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tidwell Springs Se Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Chert, Quartzite, Sandstone, Shale
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25092Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25093Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sanpete 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
Hill Top6.2 miles16
Milburn7.6 miles16
Oak Creek9.3 miles16
Fairview12.5 miles16
Fountain Green14.2 miles18
Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area15.1 miles17
Mount Pleasant17.8 miles16
Jerusalem18.8 miles19

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 IndianolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6024002The 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 1442039. 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.