Juniper Park Resort, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Panguitch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84759. It lies near Cooper Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Haycock Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Panguitch Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Panguitch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Haycock Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Haycock Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Juniper Park Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,200 acres in total. 59 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 | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | PASS CREEK |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Dixie National Forest | CREEP |
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | COOPER KNOLL |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | BUTLER CREEK |
| 19 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | PASS CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Juniper Park Resort: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Knoll | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Valley Claims | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Pumice, Scoria, Tuff | |
| Miller Knoll | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Pumice, Scoria |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake View Resort | 0.2 miles | 18 | |
| Panguitch Lake Resort | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hatch | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Panguitch | 12.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hillsdale | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bear Valley Junction | 20.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bryce Canyon | 24.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bryce Canyon City | 24.8 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547688 | 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 1454782. 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.







