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Moon Lake Resort, Utah

22 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 Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Fork Mountain quadrangle.

Moon Lake Resort within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Moon Lake Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAshley National ForestFLEA FLAT
7 August 1992Naturalunder an acreAshley National Forestnot named
6 August 1994Natural20 acresAshley 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

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 Resort: 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 Lodge1.0 miles24
Mountain Home12.5 miles18
Altonah15.3 miles18
Talmage15.7 miles18
Boneta16.0 miles17
Altamont17.7 miles17
Hanna18.1 miles17
Tabiona18.4 miles14

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 Q122564709The 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 1454824. 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.