Three Forks, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. It lies near Trail Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Flat Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Flat Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Flat Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Three Forks between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,573 acres in total. 17 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 | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SUMMIT |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FLAT RIDGE |
| 29 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LONG RESERVATION |
| 2 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TABBYUNE |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WHITE RIVER |
| 1 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ashley National Forest | LONG RIDGE |
| 3 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Ashley National Forest | TRAIL RIDGE |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | 35 acres | Ashley National Forest | RIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Summit | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Independence | 27.7 miles | 23 | |
| Wallsburg | 37.7 miles | 21 | |
| Timber Lakes | 37.7 miles | 22 | |
| Center Creek | 40.7 miles | 22 | |
| Soapstone Summer Home Area | 41.7 miles | 23 | |
| Daniel | 41.9 miles | 21 | |
| Charleston | 43.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1446562. 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.







