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Mount Carmel Junction, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Orderville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84755. It lies near Long Valley. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle.

Mount Carmel Junction within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Mount Carmel Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 789 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 2 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
Natural80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePINK
9 September 2004Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSUGAR KNOL
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCLAY FLAT
28 September 2004Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCARMEL JCT
28 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWHITE ROCK
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGRAVIL PIT
19 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMINERAL POINT
19 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNT FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mount Carmel Junction: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 13003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 13004Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No 13010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13004Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13008Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #13010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.13005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.13008Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kane 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
Mount Carmel1.8 miles15
Orderville4.2 miles15
Glendale7.8 miles15
Kanab14.7 miles17
Alton18.1 miles14
Long Valley Junction20.3 miles16
Duck Creek Village20.7 miles19
Navajo lake Lodge21.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437646. 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.