BlockLatimer, Utah
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cedar City census division. The Survey maps it on the Latimer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Latimer quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Wah Wah Mts. South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Latimer between 1994 and 2001, burning about 320 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARM FIRE |
| 22 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 313 acres | Cedar City Field Office | JACKSONWSH |
| 21 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LATIMER |
| 29 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ZANE |
| 10 June 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LATIMER WEST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Latimer: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Towers Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | Kaolinite, Montmorillonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lund | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Avon | 14.3 miles | 13 | |
| Zane | 18.6 miles | 13 | |
| Beryl | 23.1 miles | 13 | |
| Iron Springs | 24.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Johnson | 26.8 miles | 17 | |
| Desert Mound | 27.0 miles | 16 | |
| Enoch | 27.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437618. 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.