BlockWatson, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Uintah and Ouray census division. The Survey maps it on the Southam Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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
- 1968 USGS Southam Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Seep Ridge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Watson between 1992 and 2018, burning about 81 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 August 1995 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Vernal Field Office | WHITE RVR |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | PTY POOPER |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | VISTA |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | LIT'L TREE |
| 13 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARK |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | WRIGHT |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Northeast Area | RAINBOW |
| 2 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | PHANTOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dragon | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Bonanza | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Little Bonanza | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Red Wash | 23.3 miles | 18 | |
| Santio Crossing | 24.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ouray | 31.0 miles | 17 | |
| Fairbanks Crossing | 32.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437715. 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.