BlockWattis Junction, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Price census division. It lies near Serviceberry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pinnacle Peak 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.
- 1886 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1896 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000
- 1914 USGS Castle Gate quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Castle Gate quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Pinnacle Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Wattis Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SERVICEBERRY |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | REDBAG |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | WATTIS |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWER LINE |
| 14 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WATTIS |
| 10 September 2016 | Natural | 35 acres | Moab Field Office | RANGE CREEK |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | NORTH SPRINGS |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | SPOILED |
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 Wattis Junction: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiregrass & Wattis Benches | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wiregrass and Wattis Benches Gravel Deposits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattis | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Hiawatha | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Wildcat | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Coal City | 9.2 miles | 20 | |
| Carbonville | 10.3 miles | 19 | |
| Price | 10.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wood Hill | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Glen | 11.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q122565582 | 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 1437716. 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.