Spanish Valley, Utah
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84532. The Survey maps it on the Kane Springs quadrangle. 529 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,800 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSpanish Valley grew from 181 to 529 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 181 | |
| 2010 | 491 | +310 (+171%) |
| 2020 | 529 | +38 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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 La Sal quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS La Sal Junction quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mt Peale 2 NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS La Sal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Kane Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Kane Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Valley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | BRIDGER |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | LOOP ROAD |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Moab Field Office | POWER POLE |
| 9 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SHELL STAT |
| 9 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | OPS CTR CO |
| 8 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CITY ASSIST |
| 6 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | PETROGLYPH |
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SOUTH MESA |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Spanish Valley: 16 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipmunk #2 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | Carnotite, Malachite | |
| Blue Goose | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Chipmonk Mine No 7 | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Chipmonk No 3 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Chipmonk No 5 | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Freeda | Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Hattie | Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Chipmonk #1 Mine. | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite | |
| Chipmonk #3 Mines | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite | |
| Chipmonk #5 | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Sal Junction | 12.9 miles | 25 | |
| La Sal | 16.7 miles | 29 | |
| Old La Sal | 19.8 miles | 29 | |
| Monticello | 43.3 miles | 20 | |
| Ucolo | 48.4 miles | 21 | |
| Verdure | 49.2 miles | 20 | |
| Eastland | 50.6 miles | 21 | |
| Indian Village | 57.8 miles | 27 |
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 Spanish Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1963218 | 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 1852447. 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.











