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Starr, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84645. It stands on North Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mona quadrangle. It stands 4,908 feet above sea level.

Starr within Juab County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Starr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41,168 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined64
Natural52
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMONA CREEK
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDRY CANYON
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMP 241
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH MONA
29 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHAWK 2
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral AreaMM 239
25 September 2017Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeSNOW
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMP 240

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Starr: 29 past producers, 16 producers, 10 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Iron, Manganese. 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
EmmaLead, Zinc, SilverProducer
Jumbo PropertiesSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Mona ClaimLead, GoldProducer
Nebo StarZinc, Silver, LeadProducer
Privateer MineZinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Santaquin King WorkingsSilver, Copper, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Malachite
Burriston ClaimClayOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Burriston ClaimClayPast Producer
Goshen Peak Se MineFluorine-FluoritePast ProducerSurface
Little Eva MineZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Juab County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starr in 3 storm reports in 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindStarr-Mesonet site UTRKY at Rocky Ridge recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindStarr-Mesonet station UTRKY at Rocky Ridge recorded a gust of 66 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStarr-The I-15 at MP 241 Rocky Ridge mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.

Every storm recorded in Juab 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
Mona3.6 miles19
Rocky Ridge4.2 miles19
Nephi11.0 miles21
Gypsum Mill11.1 miles21
Dennis12.4 miles16
Diamond12.9 miles17
Knightville14.3 miles17
Silver City14.8 miles16

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 Q111281171The 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 1446099. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.