Sego, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84540. It lies in Sego Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sego Canyon quadrangle. It stands 5,712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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
- 1963 USGS Sego Canyon quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Westwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Sego Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Sego between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,461 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SEGO CANYON |
| 13 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SKLER |
| 26 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SEGO CYN |
| 16 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Moab Field Office | TRACK |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southeast Area | WEST THOMPSON |
| 27 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | TAD |
| 27 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | THOMPSON |
| 27 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SAGERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sego: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Tree No.1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Springs | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Vista | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sagers | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Brendel (historical) | 8.4 miles | 23 | |
| Crescent Junction | 8.7 miles | 23 | |
| Elba | 11.9 miles | 22 | |
| Floy | 14.4 miles | 23 | |
| Solitude | 17.5 miles | 24 |
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 Sego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q547848 | 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 1437678. 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.









