Spry, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Panguitch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84759. It stands on Bull Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bull Rush Peak quadrangle.

Spry within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1885 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1966 USGS Bull Rush Peak quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Spry between 1994 and 2018, burning about 7 acres in total. 10 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
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	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
26 August 2004	Natural	1.0 acres	Dixie National Forest	MARSHALL
18 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	HWY 89MM149
14 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	MARSHALL CANYON
7 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Southwest Area	MM 146 HWY 89
22 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	SUNDANCE KID
19 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	RIDGE TOP
17 July 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	BIG SWAMP SPRINGS
15 July 2004	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	DOG VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Bear Valley Junction

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Spry: 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Spry	Manganese, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	Vein
Spry Clay	Clay	Occurrence	Clay
Spry Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Hawkins Claims	Manganese	Prospect	1943
Nw Spry	Manganese	Occurrence	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Nw Spry	Manganese	Past Producer
Spry	Manganese	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel

Every working recorded in Garfield 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bear Valley Junction	4.7 miles	16
Bone Valley	7.5 miles	15
Panguitch	14.2 miles	15
Antimony	20.4 miles	17
Hillsdale	20.9 miles	16
Osiris	21.3 miles	17
Widtsoe Junction	23.2 miles	14
Widtsoe	23.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1455154. 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.