BlockShunesburg, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84767. It stands on Shunes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springdale East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Springdale East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1997 USGS Springdale East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Shunesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 75 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 75 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Zion National Park | OAK CREEK |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DOUBLE TREE |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Zion National Park | SERENDIPITY |
| 26 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Zion National Park | SOUTH CAMP |
| 24 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Zion National Park | BRIDGE MOUNTAIN |
| 2 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Zion National Park | CANYON JUNCTION |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | EAGLE CRAG |
| 13 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Zion National Park | BRAVO 56 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shunesburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit #27020 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit No.27020 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Watchman Residential Area | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rockville | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Creek Residential Area | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Grafton | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Zion Lodge | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Apple Valley | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Big Plain Junction | 10.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122563048 | 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 1437684. 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.