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Vermillion, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84657. The Survey maps it on the Sigurd quadrangle. It stands 5,240 feet above sea level.

Vermillion within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Vermillion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 749 acres in total. 41 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
7 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeAURORATANK
3 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeCEDAR WASH
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral AreaTRASH
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeI70 52
26 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeROAD JUMP
19 September 2004Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeLANDFILL
13 September 2009Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeROCKY FORD
10 September 2012Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeKINGS MEADOW 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Vermillion: 12 producers, 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Bestwall PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Sigurd Gypsum MillGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Sigurd QuarryGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Sigurd QuarryGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Us Gypsum Co. QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1948
Us Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Aurora Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Aurora Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Black Knoll Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Black Knoll Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vermillion in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindVermillion-The I-70 at Salina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindVermillion-A wind gust of 63 mph was measured at the I-70 at Salina mesonet station.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindVermillion-A peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded by the Sigurd sensor.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVermillion-The I-70 at Salina sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindVermillion-The I-70 at Salina sensor measured a maximum wind gust of 80 mph.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Sigurd1.4 miles17
Aurora4.5 miles18
Venice4.7 miles15
Kema5.0 miles15
Gramse6.4 miles15
Prattsville6.5 miles15
Glenwood6.9 miles17
Salina8.7 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q133822369The 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 1446926. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.