BlockRainbow, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies near Thimble Rock. The Survey maps it on the Rainbow quadrangle. It stands 6,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS East Tavaputs quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Rainbow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Seep Ridge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Rainbow between 1992 and 2018, burning about 141 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Vernal Field Office | KINGS WELL 3 |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Vernal Field Office | WHITE RVR |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | PTY POOPER |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | VISTA |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | LIT'L TREE |
| 13 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARK |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | WRIGHT |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | EAST SEEP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rainbow in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rainbow | - | Showers and thunderstorms formed over the higher terrain of northeastern Utah on the afternoon of August 7. As these storms developed, there were enhanced by some upper level support in the form of a passing wave and an upper level jet. This allowed the storms to grow strong enough to potentially produce severe threats, such as wind in excess of 58 mph and hail in excess of 1 inch. Additionally, dry surface layers would enhance already potentially strong outflow winds. All this combined to produce a 90 mph gust at the Winter Ridge RAWS, located in the Utah Tavaputs Plateau. No reports of damage or injuries were received. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dragon | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bonanza | 12.2 miles | 17 | |
| Little Bonanza | 13.3 miles | 17 | |
| Santio Crossing | 22.3 miles | 18 | |
| Red Wash | 25.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fairbanks Crossing | 30.1 miles | 19 | |
| Ouray | 31.1 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Rainbow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q133809612 | The 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 1437662. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.