BlockSunnyside Junction, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Carbon census division. It stands on Dugout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyside Junction quadrangle. It stands 5,519 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1896 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000
- 1915 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sunnyside Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside Junction between 1992 and 2017, burning about 331 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MUD SPRINGS |
| 1 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ECDC |
| 23 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EAST CARBON |
| 18 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | BIG SPRINGS |
| 13 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MOUNDS |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | HWY123 MM3 |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | RIO |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Moab Field Office | GRANDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside Junction: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Carbon Dioxide, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnham Dome Carbon Dioxide Field | Carbon Dioxide | Producer | 1924, 1931 | |
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04027 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Junction | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Dragerton (historical) | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| East Carbon City | 8.5 miles | 20 | |
| Wellington | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sunnydale | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyside | 10.0 miles | 20 | |
| Columbia (historical) | 10.1 miles | 20 | |
| Upper Sunnyside | 11.0 miles | 20 |
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 Q122569854 | 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 1437697. 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.