Iron Basin, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies near Big Sage Valley. The Survey maps it on the Candland Spring quadrangle.

Iron Basin within Millard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1885 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Candland Spring quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Iron Basin between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,100 acres in total. 22 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	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
9 September 2012	Natural	703 acres	Richfield Field Office	WEST CRICKET
9 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	STRIKE
9 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	SNAG
9 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	SPOT
2 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	N CRICKET
8 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	FLAT IRON
8 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	LIME PLANT
7 August 2011	Natural	85 acres	Richfield Field Office	RED VALLEY

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Iron Basin: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Galena Mines	Lead	Producer
Monarch Claims	Iron, Mercury, Silver, Gold, Lead	Producer	1960
Monarch Claims	Lead, Iron	Producer
Candland Spring Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Candland Spring Gravel Pit No.1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Agnes 1,6,7,9,10,11,50,51	Limestone, General	Producer
Agnes 5	Limestone, General	Producer	1945
Limestone Deposit	Limestone, General	Producer	1979
Limestone Deposit	Limestone, General	Producer

Every working recorded in Millard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bloom	7.8 miles	13
Borden	9.2 miles	13
Neels	12.6 miles	13
Black Rock	14.8 miles	13
Clear Lake	17.4 miles	13
Malone	19.2 miles	13
Eightmile Point	24.5 miles	16
Read	24.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437595. 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.