Modena, Utah
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beryl-Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84753. The Survey maps it on the Modena quadrangle. 15 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,476 feet above sea level.
On record in Modena
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Modena Elementary Schoollisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1885 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Modena quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Modena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,321 acres in total. 37 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GULCH ROAD FIRE/MODENA S |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | MEDITERRANEAN |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PROFESSOR |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Area | HILLCREST |
| 26 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FINAO |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | MT ELENORE |
| 18 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | LOST MODENA |
| 4 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | CLUMPAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Modena: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modena Alunite Vein | Aluminum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Red Ant No 1 | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Red Ant #1 | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Red Ant #1 | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mcdonald Wash Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Modena in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2005: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Modena | $1,000 | The town of Modena reported heavy rain with small hail and localized street flooding. The storm dumped 1.30 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes, and the wind and hail broke some windows. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Modena | - | Trees down |
| August 2005 | Hail | Modena | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heist | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Yale Crossing | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hamlin Valley | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| State Line | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beryl | 15.5 miles | 13 | |
| Beryl Junction | 15.5 miles | 13 | |
| Zane | 20.1 miles | 13 | |
| Newcastle | 21.9 miles | 15 |
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 Modena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10968673 | 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 1430394. 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.






