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Utahn, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84021. The Survey maps it on the Talmage quadrangle. It stands 5,870 feet above sea level.

Utahn within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Utahn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 1 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY FARM
2 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOTTER
2 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTEAMBOUT II
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEAST BLACKTAIL
8 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLUE BENCH
4 August 2017Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCLEMENT HOLLOW
4 August 2010Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKUNTZ
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsUNK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Utahn: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Sky #1UraniumProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No. 07015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No. 07017Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07017Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Duchesne 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Talmage4.8 miles18
Duchesne7.6 miles18
Boneta7.8 miles17
Mountain Home9.1 miles18
Altamont9.8 miles17
Mount Emmons9.9 miles17
Arcadia10.9 miles17
Upalco11.3 miles17

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 UtahnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q104856944The 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 1437710. 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.