BlockLittle Water, Utah
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Casa del Eco Mesa-White Mesa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84512. The Survey maps it on the Boundary Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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 Abajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boundary Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Boundary Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Little Water in 2012, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HWY 191 MM 9 FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tselakai Dezza | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bluff | 12.5 miles | 22 | |
| Red Lake Village | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| White Mesa Village | 14.4 miles | 19 | |
| White Rock Curve Village | 15.6 miles | 19 | |
| Montezuma Creek | 16.8 miles | 20 | |
| Mexican Hat | 17.0 miles | 21 | |
| Halchita | 17.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1435019. 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.