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North Creek, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84713. It lies near Merchant Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Black Ridge quadrangle.

North Creek within Beaver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of North Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,516 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 1 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOLE
11 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthwest AreaROCKY FIELD
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFIRST SPRING
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSHEEP ROCK
30 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands1200
28 August 1994Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCHANDLER
25 August 1999Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPYLES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of North Creek: 17 past producers, 15 occurrences, 10 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Lead. 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
Louise DepositTungstenOccurrenceHuebnerite
Sheeprock Canyon ProspectGold, SilverOccurrenceStockwork
Sheeprock MinePotassium, Aluminum, GoldPast Producer1914
Sheeprock MinePotassiumPast Producer
Sunday MineGold, UraniumPast ProducerReplacement
U-Beva MineUranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerReplacement
U-Beva MineUranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
White QuailLeadProducer
Black RockManganeseOccurrence
Black RockManganeseProspect1943

Every working recorded in Beaver 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
Manderfield3.6 miles15
Beaver5.3 miles15
Cunningham Hill8.8 miles15
Greenville9.1 miles15
Adamsville12.7 miles15
Sulphurdale15.4 miles15
Minersville20.2 miles17
Yellow Banks22.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1443869. 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.