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Lawrence, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Castle Dale-Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84528. It stands on Roper Wash. The Survey maps it on the Huntington quadrangle. It stands 5,666 feet above sea level.

Lawrence within Emery 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence between 2000 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Natural1

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
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDUMP 2
20 August 2017Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands900 WEST
7 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeMISSION LANE
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast AreaGAME FARM
26 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeNORTH RESERVOIR
8 June 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHUNTINGTON
26 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeGUYMON WASH
25 November 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHUNTINGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emery County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lawrence: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Huntington Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Huntington Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huntington Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Huntington Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
The Gumhill Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
The Gumhill, Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Emery 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
Huntington2.9 miles15
Cleveland5.5 miles13
Castle Dale7.5 miles19
Orangeville8.1 miles19
Elmo8.9 miles14
Mohrland11.0 miles20
Victor13.5 miles14
Clawson14.3 miles19

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 LawrenceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16894018The 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 1437620. 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.