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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.

Sevier within Sevier County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

Photographs

6 photographs, 2022

Taken 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.

Scene above the Sevier River near the town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Scene above the Sevier River near the town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Scene along the Sevier River near the little town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Scene along the Sevier River near the little town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Lost Creek Road Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 243, 2 miles east of Aurora, Aurora, Sevier County, UT
Lost Creek Road Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 243, 2 miles east of Aurora, Aurora, Sevier County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Nebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 25801, half mile northwest of Annabella, Annabella, Sevier County, UT
Nebeker Lane Bridge, Spanning Sevier River at County Road 25801, half mile northwest of Annabella, Annabella, Sevier County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Scene along the Sevier River near the little town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Scene along the Sevier River near the little town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Scene along the Sevier River near the little town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Scene along the Sevier River near the little town of Sevier in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Firearms and explosives use4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCentral AreaJOE TOWN
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeBOX CANYON
4 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSARGENT MTN
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeFIF 55
2 September 1996Natural5.0 acresRichfield Field OfficeCANDY
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestFIRST SPRING HOLLOW
16 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFishlake National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antelope MineSilver, GoldProducer
BbbUranium, DiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Big ChiefAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceReplacement
Big Star DepositPotassium, Aluminum, KaolinPast Producer1915
Copper Cap ProspectUranium, AluminumOccurrenceVein
Mickey #2Uranium, SilverOccurrence
Quartzite Cap Manganese MineManganese, Iron, AluminumPast ProducerLimonite
TrinityCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Trinity MineCopperPast ProducerReplacement
Von Hindenburg DepositAluminum, PotassiumOccurrence1915

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006Flash FloodSevier-Road washed out in Marysvale Canyon along Rt 89.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Cove0.7 miles18
Joseph3.5 miles17
Belknap4.9 miles19
Monroe7.9 miles17
Elsinore8.8 miles17
Austin9.4 miles17
Nibley10.0 miles17
Central Valley11.7 miles17

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 SevierAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7458031The 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.