Neels, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fillmore census division. The Survey maps it on the Neels quadrangle.

Neels within Millard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Neels quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Neels between 2000 and 2019, burning about 154 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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
9 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	154 acres	Richfield Field Office	BLACK WILLOW
30 June 2000	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	W CRICKET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Millard 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 Neels: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Borden Gravel Pit No.1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borden Gravel Pits #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14076	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14077	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit #14076	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept of Highways Gravel Pit #14077	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Millard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Borden	4.6 miles	13
Clear Lake	5.3 miles	13
Bloom	8.0 miles	13
Iron Basin	12.6 miles	13
Van	13.9 miles	13
Deseret	17.8 miles	16
Flowell	18.6 miles	15
Oasis	18.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437649. 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.