Juab, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84639. The Survey maps it on the Juab quadrangle. It stands 5,082 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Juab quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
107 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Juab between 1994 and 2020, burning about 25,697 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CEDAR POCKET |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | KILO |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PAINTER FIRE |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEEP CANYON |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | DEEP CANYON |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 654 acres | Richfield Field Office | HARPER |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | AGARD FIRE |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | STATE 54 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Juab: 14 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Skinners Peak Borrow Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12013 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12027 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept. of Hwys Borrow Pit No. 12014 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept of Hwys 12025 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Juab in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juab | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Juab | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657886 | The 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 1437599. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







