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Middleton, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84790. It lies in Middleton Wash. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle.

Middleton within Washington County

On record in Middleton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,778 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined97
Debris and open burning25
Fireworks23
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural11
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCedar City Field OfficeWASHINGTON ASSIST 02
8 September 1999Natural4.0 acresCedar City Field OfficePARKWAY
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest AreaCOUNTRY WAY
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest AreaMILL WASH
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN SPRINGS
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLOOMINGTON HILLS
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWASHINGTON CITY ASSIST 3
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands1050PI STANDBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Middleton: 17 past producers, 15 prospects, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Picture Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Unknown ProspectSilver, CopperOccurrenceCerargyrite, Malachite
Unknown ProspectSilver, CopperProspect
Basalt Riprap #27038Volcanic MaterialsProspectBasalt
Riprap #27056Volcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt
Riprap Deposit #27047Volcanic MaterialsProspectBasalt
Ut Dept Hwys Basalt Riprap No.27038PumiceProspect
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap Dep No.27047PumiceProspect
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap No.27056PumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleton in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 2 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
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$1,000An outflow from a thunderstorm south of St. George caused damage near the Red Cliffs Mall. Eight trees, 5 to 12 inches in diameter, were uprooted by these strong winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddleton-The St George Regional Airport ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Washington1.8 miles19
Saint George2.6 miles20
Bloomington Hills4.3 miles20
Santa Clara6.1 miles19
Bloomington (historical)6.2 miles20
Harrisburg Junction6.4 miles17
Atkinville7.8 miles20
Ivins8.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437636. 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.