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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.

Spanish Valley within San Juan County

Population over time

3 figures

Spanish 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.

YearPeople Change
2000181
2010491+310 (+171%)
2020529+38 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

79 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined28
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeBRIDGER
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeLOOP ROAD
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficePOWER POLE
9 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMoab Field OfficeSHELL STAT
9 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMoab Field OfficeOPS CTR CO
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCITY ASSIST
6 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficePETROGLYPH
5 August 2008Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeSOUTH MESA

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chipmunk #2 MineUranium, Vanadium, CopperPast ProducerCarnotite, Malachite
Blue GooseUraniumPast Producer
Chipmonk Mine No 7Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Chipmonk No 3 MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Chipmonk No 5Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
FreedaUraniumPast ProducerUnderground
HattieUraniumPast ProducerUnderground
Chipmonk #1 Mine.Uranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite
Chipmonk #3 MinesUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite
Chipmonk #5Uranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite

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
La Sal Junction12.9 miles25
La Sal16.7 miles29
Old La Sal19.8 miles29
Monticello43.3 miles20
Ucolo48.4 miles21
Verdure49.2 miles20
Eastland50.6 miles21
Indian Village57.8 miles27

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1963218The 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.