BlockThree Forks, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies near Cottonwood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rays Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1907 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rays Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Rays Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Rays Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Three Forks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,972 acres in total. 45 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 | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | RED CLIFF |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MONKS |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TANNER RIDGE |
| 28 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WANRHODES |
| 26 September 1992 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LITTLE DIAMOND |
| 24 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WANRHODES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Place | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Rio | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| West Portal | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Mill Fork | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Castilla | 9.6 miles | 22 | |
| Thistle | 9.9 miles | 17 | |
| Covered Bridge Canyon | 11.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sky View (historical) | 11.8 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1446563. 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.