Kema, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84701. It stands on Cove River. The Survey maps it on the Richfield quadrangle.

Kema within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1885 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:62500
1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:24000
2001 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Kema between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,193 acres in total. 42 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
Natural	42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Debris and open burning	11
Recreation and ceremony	9
Firearms and explosives use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
3 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	CEDAR WASH
3 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	COTTON WOOD TREE
28 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	COTTONWOOD
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	398 acres	Richfield Field Office	HEPPLERS
26 September 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	ROAD JUMP
22 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	I70 MP 39
22 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Richfield Field Office	BLACK MTN2
16 September 1992	Natural	200 acres	Richfield Field Office	RADIO TOWE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Kema: 10 producers, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Wooley #9 Claim	Uranium	Occurrence
Bestwall Plant	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Sigurd Gypsum Mill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Sigurd Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Us Gypsum Co Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Black Knoll Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Black Knoll Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rainbow Hills Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel, Sand
Rainbow Hills Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit # 21020	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Venice	1.0 miles	15
Gramse	1.3 miles	15
Prattsville	2.1 miles	15
Glenwood	3.3 miles	17
Richfield	3.8 miles	15
Sigurd	3.9 miles	17
Vermillion	5.0 miles	17
Jensen	6.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1442300. 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.