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Mount Carmel, 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 84758. It lies near Winsor Cove. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle.

Mount Carmel within Kane County

On record in Mount Carmel

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Co-op Creek Bridge, Spanning Co-op Creek, Springdale, Washington County, UT
Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Co-op Creek Bridge, Spanning Co-op Creek, Springdale, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

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 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 2015Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSTEWART
3 September 2007Natural1.0 acresCedar City Field OfficeREED CYN 2
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

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: 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 Carmel Junction1.8 miles15
Orderville2.4 miles15
Glendale6.0 miles15
Kanab15.6 miles17
Alton16.3 miles14
Long Valley Junction18.5 miles16
Duck Creek Village19.1 miles19
Navajo lake Lodge20.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1430519. 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.