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Moon Lake Lodge, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Duchesne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84031. It stands on Brown Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kidney Lake quadrangle.

Moon Lake Lodge within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Moon Lake Lodge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestSMOKEY
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acreAshley National Forestnot named
7 August 1992Naturalunder an acreAshley National Forestnot named
5 August 2001Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestMILL PARK
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestPETTY
25 August 2020Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestFISH CREEK
22 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAshley National ForestMOON LAKE CAMP
22 August 2000Naturalunder an acreAshley National ForestBEAR WALLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Moon Lake Lodge: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese, Gold, Silver. 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
Paint MineIron, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Fish Creek Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrenceReplacement
Fish Creek Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrence
Paint MineIronPast Producer1947
Phosphate Deposits #5Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspectMARINE SEDIMENTARY
Phosphate Deposits #6Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Duchesne 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
Moon Lake Resort1.0 miles22
Mountain Home13.3 miles18
Altonah16.2 miles18
Talmage16.4 miles18
Boneta16.9 miles17
Hanna17.8 miles17
Tabiona18.3 miles14
Altamont18.6 miles17

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 Q122555933The 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 1454823. 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.