Three Forks, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the East Garfield census division. It lies near Butler Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hite North quadrangle.

Three Forks within Garfield 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.

1886 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Browns Rim quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Hite quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS White Canyon 2 NW quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1960 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Hite Crossing quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Hite North quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Three Forks between 1996 and 2003, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
3 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	NORTHWASH
10 May 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Richfield Field Office	HOG SPRING
16 April 1996	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Richfield Field Office	HOGSBACK

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Three Forks: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Copper, Copper, Uranium. 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
Ekkers Group	Uranium, Copper	Occurrence	Replacement
Ekkers Group	Copper, Uranium	Past Producer
Utah Dept. Highways Pit # 09053	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Surface
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.09053	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Black Cat	Uranium	Past Producer	1950
Trachyte #17, #18, #19, #30-#34	Uranium	Producer
Trachyte Group	Uranium	Producer
Vaughey & Vaughey	Uranium	Occurrence

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
Hite (historical)	13.0 miles	19
Eggnog	23.9 miles	19
Ticaboo	24.3 miles	19
Boulder Town	49.5 miles	19
Escalante	60.6 miles	17
Osiris	77.8 miles	17
Antimony	80.2 miles	17
Widtsoe	80.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437702. 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.