BlockThree Pines, Utah
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84540. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Camp Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 East Tavaputs quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Cedar Camp Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Westwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Three Pines between 1994 and 2018, burning about 222 acres in total. 33 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | DELAMBERT |
| 29 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | BRUMLEY |
| 1 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | CEDAR CAMP |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Moab Field Office | NORTH PUMP |
| 5 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MIDDLE CANYON |
| 25 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | THREE PINES |
| 25 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLOW FLAT |
| 25 August 2006 | Natural | 4.9 acres | Moab Field Office | PREACHER RIDGE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437703. 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.