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Molen, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Emery-Ferron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84523. It lies near Eli Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Molen quadrangle. It stands 5,764 feet above sea level.

Molen within Emery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Molen between 2000 and 2020, burning about 12 acres 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
10 July 2020Debris and open burning9.0 acresSoutheast AreaROCK CANYON
20 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeDUTCH FLAT
15 May 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFERRON
17 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMoab Field OfficePILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Molen: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Blue Dugway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Blue Dugway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Emery Power Plant Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Emery Power Plant Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highway's Pit #08020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Emery County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Molen in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 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
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMolen-A microburst near Molen produced a 56 knot wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Emery 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
Ferron3.2 miles20
Clawson3.3 miles19
Ferron Mill5.9 miles20
Castle Dale9.0 miles19
Moore9.4 miles18
Orangeville9.6 miles19
Emery14.7 miles18
Lawrence16.2 miles15

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 MolenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16895303The 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 1437640. 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.