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Soldier Crossing, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanding census division. The Survey maps it on the Jacobs Chair quadrangle.

Soldier Crossing within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Soldier Crossing between 1999 and 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. 9 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
Natural9
Debris and open burning1

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
17 September 2008Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeFRY SAUCE
29 August 2000Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeFRY
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeFRY CNY
22 July 2003Naturalunder an acreCanyonlands National ParkSOLDIERSGV
22 July 1999Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeJACOBSCHAI
16 July 2002Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeWINDGATE
12 July 2015Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeFRY CANYON
11 July 2018Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCHEEZE BOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Soldier Crossing: 17 past producers, 9 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Copper, Copper, Uranium, Copper. 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
Smoky MineUranium, Copper, VanadiumProducerSurface/Underground
Jacobs Chair MineUranium, CopperPast ProducerMalachite, Uraninite
Unknown MineUranium, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
FoundCopper, UraniumPast ProducerSurface
North PointCopper, UraniumProspectUnderground
UnknownCopper, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Dead Buck MineUranium, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Uraninite
FoundUranium, CopperPast ProducerMalachite
J. Walter DuncanUranium, CopperOccurrenceMalachite, Torbernite
Rarin No. 2Uranium, CopperOccurrenceMalachite

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Gravel Crossing2.1 miles20
Fry Canyon4.8 miles20
Ducket Crossing5.3 miles19
White Canyon (historical)14.4 miles19
Clay Hills Crossing28.6 miles21
Halls Crossing30.5 miles18
Indian Village30.7 miles27
Blanding39.4 miles21

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 Q122599099The 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 1437688. 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.