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Sagers, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. It stands on Bootlegger Wash. The Survey maps it on the Sagers Flat quadrangle.

Sagers within Grand County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Sagers between 1994 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMoab Field OfficeI70 MM193
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands192 FIRE
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresMoab Field OfficeI70 MM192
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficePORCUPINE RIM TRAIL
16 August 1994Natural6.0 acresMoab Field OfficeFREEWAY
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeYELLOW CAT
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMoab Field OfficeSAGERS FLAT
5 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMoab Field OfficeBOOTLEGGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Sagers: 54 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 54 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium. 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
Harbro MinesUranium, VanadiumProducer
UnknownUranium, VanadiumProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Abe #1UraniumProducer
Blue BoyUraniumProducer
CactusUraniumProducer
Climax Uranium Co., Climax Div, Amax IncUraniumProducer
Constellation #3UraniumProducer
Copper 2bUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Grand 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
Vista4.1 miles22
Elba5.0 miles22
Thompson Springs6.1 miles22
Sego7.3 miles19
Brendel (historical)11.5 miles23
Crescent Junction11.6 miles23
Cisco14.8 miles23
Floy18.0 miles23

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 Q122554083The 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 1437673. 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.