Vista, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Thompson Springs census division. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Springs quadrangle.

Vista within Grand County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

1885 USGS La Sal quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Thompson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Moab quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1991 USGS Thompson Springs quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,539 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Natural	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	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
5 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Moab Field Office	I70 MM193
4 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Moab Field Office	SEGO CANYON
15 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Moab Field Office	MILEMARKER 187
12 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	192 FIRE
11 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Moab Field Office	I70 MM192
7 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	PORCUPINE RIM TRAIL
4 August 1998	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Moab Field Office	H20 BOTTLE
2 August 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Moab Field Office	I70 MM 186

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vista: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10009	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #10010	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 10010	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit. No. 10009	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Grand 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Thompson Springs	2.0 miles	22
Sagers	4.1 miles	22
Sego	5.0 miles	19
Brendel (historical)	7.4 miles	23
Crescent Junction	7.6 miles	23
Elba	9.1 miles	22
Floy	14.0 miles	23
Solitude	18.1 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437713. 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.