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Jericho, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. It stands on Hop Creek. The Survey maps it on the McIntyre quadrangle. It stands 5,318 feet above sea level.

Jericho within Juab County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Jericho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,881 acres in total. 51 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
Natural51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeMUDSPRINGS
4 September 2001Natural3.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeGARBAGE
28 September 2004Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRED MAPLE
2 September 1995Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeGILSON 4
17 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRILEY SPRINGS
17 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeTINTIC
17 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeCHAMBER
16 September 2004Natural2.5 acresRichfield Field OfficeFIREBIRD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab 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 Jericho: 15 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. 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
Sunshinie Canyon Mine #2ClayPast ProducerHalloysite, Sericite
Jericho Silica QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Jericho Silica QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Jericho Borrow Pit # 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jericho Borrow Pit #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jericho Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jericho Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jericho Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jericho Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Juab 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
McIntyre6.1 miles16
Champlin8.6 miles15
Dennis8.6 miles16
Diamond10.7 miles17
Soma11.6 miles15
Silver City11.7 miles16
Tintic Junction12.4 miles16
Uisco12.8 miles15

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 JerichoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711620The 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 1437597. 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.