BlockPigeon, Utah
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84313. The Survey maps it on the Pigeon Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Pigeon Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Newfoundland Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Pigeon Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Pigeon between 2006 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHEPHERD |
| 12 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 774 acres | Bear River Area | LUCIN |
| 26 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Bear River Area | EAST LUCIN |
| 24 November 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LUCIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pigeon: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Airfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Airfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Pigeon Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| East Pigeon Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Pigeon Hollow | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lucin Pit and Pigeon Mtn. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Lucin Pit and Pigeon Mtn. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Little Pigeon Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| North Little Pigeon Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucin | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Grouse Creek Junction | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Etna | 24.8 miles | 11 | |
| Grouse Creek | 26.4 miles | 11 | |
| Matlin | 28.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hogup | 36.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lynn | 37.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rosette | 39.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437659. 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.