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Iron Springs, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cedar City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84721. The Survey maps it on the Cedar City NW quadrangle.

Iron Springs within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Iron Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 90 started naturally. 1 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
Natural90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony14
Fireworks4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle 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
9 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCARNIVAL
9 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCANYON VIEW
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeDESERT MOUND
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeMOTH
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePAVILLION
28 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWATER
24 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTUCKETT POINT
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands5400 NORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Iron Springs: 25 past producers, 22 occurrences, 17 prospects, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Mercury, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Blackbird Ore BodyIron, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceApatite, Magnetite
Desert MoundIron, Copper, MercuryPast Producer1926
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
April Fool MineIronOccurrence1945
April Fool MineIronProspect1908
Armstrong DepositIronProducer1911, 1958
Armstrong MineIronPast Producer1948
Ashton MineIronOccurrenceHematite, Magnetite
Ashton MineIronOccurrence1912
Ashton MineIronOccurrence

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
Desert Mound3.4 miles16
Halivah4.2 miles18
Hamiltons Fort10.0 miles19
Cedar City10.4 miles19
Fort Johnson10.9 miles17
Enoch11.3 miles17
Avon11.7 miles13
Iron Mountain12.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437596. 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.