BlockMonarch, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84066. The Survey maps it on the Neola quadrangle. It stands 5,929 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Uinta quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Neola quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Monarch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 3 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 | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | POWER POLE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EARLY ASH |
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RACCOON FIRE |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LADDERAL TWO |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | CEDERVWCNL |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | HIDDEN CP |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | CEMETERY ROAD |
| 2 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | BLACKHAIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Q114339969 | 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 1437641. 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.