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Leeton, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84066. The Survey maps it on the Whiterocks quadrangle. It stands 5,506 feet above sea level.

Leeton within Uintah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Leeton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,182 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyPOWER POLE
6 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyCORNPEACH
30 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyYELLOWSTON
21 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGARDNER
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyYELOWSTONE
17 September 2020Smoking6.8 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyFAUCETT
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresNortheast AreaWELDER
14 September 2007Natural4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands6000 NORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uintah County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Leeton: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Leeton Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leeton Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
West Channel Uinta River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
West Channel Uintah River Gravel PtSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Uintah County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leeton in 1 storm report in 2010: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLeeton$25,000Thunderstorm winds extended across a large portion of the eastern Uintah Basin and brought down numerous trees and power lines. Downed trees in the Lapoint area damaged a vehicle and home. Small hail was also reported with this line of storms, as well as numerous small lightning caused fires.

Every storm recorded in Uintah 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
Bennett1.3 miles17
Hayden4.1 miles16
Whiterocks5.5 miles16
Tridell5.8 miles17
Lapoint6.8 miles17
Ballard7.0 miles17
Fort Duchesne7.8 miles16
Gusher8.1 miles16

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 Q114339481The 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 1437621. 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.