Sevier, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84766. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marysvale Canyon quadrangle. It stands 5,584 feet above sea level.
On record in Sevier
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Sevier Ward Churchlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Sevier quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Sevier quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marysvale Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Marysvale Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
6 photographs, 2022Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Sevier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 1 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 | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Central Area | JOE TOWN |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | BOX CANYON |
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SARGENT MTN |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | FIF 55 |
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | CANDY |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | FIRST SPRING HOLLOW |
| 16 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Sevier: 23 occurrences, 15 past producers, 10 producers, 2 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Aluminum, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Mine | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Bbb | Uranium, Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Big Chief | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Big Star Deposit | Potassium, Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Copper Cap Prospect | Uranium, Aluminum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Mickey #2 | Uranium, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Quartzite Cap Manganese Mine | Manganese, Iron, Aluminum | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Trinity | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Trinity Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Von Hindenburg Deposit | Aluminum, Potassium | Occurrence | 1915 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sevier in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 flash flood. 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 2006 | Flash Flood | Sevier | - | Road washed out in Marysvale Canyon along Rt 89. |
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.
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 Sevier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7458031 | 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 1445446. 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.
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.







