BlockLong Valley Junction, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Orderville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84710. It stands on Minnie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Long Valley Junction quadrangle. It stands 7,464 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Orderville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Long Valley Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Long Valley Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Long Valley Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 72 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 | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BROOKSBY |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | HARRIS FLAT |
| 25 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SMOLDER |
| 19 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | SAWYER POINT |
| 15 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | STOUT CANYON |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SAWYER |
| 14 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAJORS |
| 13 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TODS |
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 Long Valley Junction: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bird | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Duck Creek Village | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Glendale | 12.6 miles | 15 | |
| Navajo lake Lodge | 15.6 miles | 19 | |
| Orderville | 16.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 18.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel Junction | 20.3 miles | 15 | |
| Georgetown | 24.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122570675 | The 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 1442937. 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.