BlockUcolo, Utah
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84535. The Survey maps it on the Northdale quadrangle. It stands 6,762 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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 Abajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Abajo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Verdure 1 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Blanding quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Northdale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Ucolo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 706 acres in total. 50 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WRIGHT |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | M.P. 13 |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAYER |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southeast Area | CARR |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | N.O. CEDAR POINT |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | 660 acres | Moab Field Office | LOCKERBY |
| 29 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | UCOLO |
| 29 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | FLAT |
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 Ucolo: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Vanadium, Uranium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Point | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastland | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Monticello | 14.8 miles | 20 | |
| Verdure | 15.9 miles | 20 | |
| Blanding | 27.3 miles | 21 | |
| La Sal | 32.6 miles | 29 | |
| Old La Sal | 32.8 miles | 29 | |
| Indian Village | 33.2 miles | 27 | |
| White Mesa | 34.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Ucolo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7876805 | 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 1455156. 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.