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Iron Mountain, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Beryl-Newcastle census division. It lies near Blowout Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Page Ranch quadrangle.

Iron Mountain within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Iron Mountain between 1992 and 2019, burning about 67 acres in total. 97 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
Natural97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestPAGE
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestPAGE
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestGHOST RIDER
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCOMSTOCK
26 September 2008Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeDESERT MOUND
24 September 2014Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestLITTLE PINTO
2 September 2019Naturalunder an acreDixie National Forest1027

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Iron Mountain: 20 past producers, 17 occurrences, 12 prospects, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Blowout MineIron, Copper, LeadPast Producer1945, 1947
Blowout MineLead, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Homestake MineIron, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Iron Springs DistrictIron, Manganese, Copper, LeadProducer1849, 1874
Pinto MineIron, LeadPast Producer1942
Pinto MineLead, IronPast Producer
Utah Shamrock QuarriesLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Utah Shamrock QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Silver Peak Gravel Pit #17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Silver Peak Gravel Pit No.17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Old Irontown3.4 miles17
Desert Mound8.9 miles16
Newcastle9.1 miles15
Kanarraville12.2 miles19
Iron Springs12.3 miles18
Hamiltons Fort12.7 miles19
Halivah13.1 miles18
Beryl Junction15.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1442049. 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.