McCornick, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84649. It stands on Whisky Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCornick quadrangle. It stands 4,747 feet above sea level.

McCornick within Millard 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.

1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Holden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1986 USGS Mc Cornick quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of McCornick between 1993 and 2020, burning about 786 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 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
Natural	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	2
Fireworks	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
4 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	CHOPPER
16 September 2020	Fireworks	4.2 acres	Central Area	TRIPLE C
13 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	RAVINE
6 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Richfield Field Office	KESTLER RANCH
6 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	80 acres	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	CONDIE FIRE
29 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	WHISKEY CREEK #2
25 August 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	MILE POST 18.5 US 50
18 August 2011	Natural	66 acres	Fishlake National Forest	WHISKEY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Greenwood

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of McCornick: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Crater Hot Springs	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14061	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14063	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14064	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14065	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit #14061	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14063	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14064	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14065	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Millard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Harding	5.9 miles	16
Greenwood	7.1 miles	16
Holden	10.9 miles	16
Oak City	11.7 miles	17
Oasis	12.9 miles	16
Delta	13.0 miles	16
Van	13.8 miles	13
Deseret	13.9 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.

Wikipedia article on McCornick	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6800594	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 1455891. 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.