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Oak Creek, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84629. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle.

Oak Creek within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNK YARD
18 September 1995Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestDRY CREEK
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestWHITE PINE
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDUNG HILL FIRE
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresRichfield Field OfficeFAIRVIEW CANYON
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROBERT OLSEN
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
10 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAWKINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oak Creek: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cemetery Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milburn Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSurface
Milburn Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Highways Pit No.20003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Utah Dept. Highways Pit #20005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete 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
Milburn2.1 miles16
Fairview3.3 miles16
Hill Top3.4 miles16
Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area7.9 miles17
Mount Pleasant8.9 miles16
Indianola9.3 miles18
Fountain Green11.1 miles18
Moroni13.2 miles18

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 Q90581093The 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 1444014. 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.