Solitude, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 84525. The Survey maps it on the Green River NE quadrangle. It stands 4,403 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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 San Rafael quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Green River quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tidwell 1 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS San Rafael Desert quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS San Rafael Desert quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Green River NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Solitude between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | BROWNSWASH |
| 21 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MM 167 |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | JETTA |
| 4 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FLOY |
| 4 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Moab Field Office | MM 173 |
| 4 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | HIGHWAY |
| 3 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | FLOY WASH |
| 2 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | 172 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Solitude: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper 1 | Uranium | Unknown | Surface | |
| Desert Rock | Manganese | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Desert Rock Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Pyrolusite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floy | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Elgin | 7.0 miles | 24 | |
| Crescent Junction | 10.8 miles | 23 | |
| Brendel (historical) | 10.9 miles | 23 | |
| Thompson Springs | 16.2 miles | 22 | |
| Sego | 17.5 miles | 19 | |
| Vista | 18.1 miles | 22 | |
| Sagers | 22.3 miles | 22 |
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 Q116686599 | 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 1437689. 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.








