BlockWest Portal, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It stands on Dip Vat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Two Tom Hill quadrangle. It stands 7,464 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1907 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Two Tom Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Two Tom Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Two Tom Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of West Portal between 1995 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | YELLOW JACKET |
| 5 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MUD CREEK 2 |
| 5 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MUD CREEK |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TANNER RIDGE |
| 17 September 2016 | Natural | 296 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PACK |
| 14 September 2016 | Natural | 38 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TWO TOM |
| 14 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SIXTH FIRE |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | INDIAN CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Forks | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Patrick Place | 10.4 miles | 23 | |
| Mill Fork | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sky View (historical) | 14.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rio | 14.8 miles | 17 | |
| Tucker (historical) | 15.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gilluly | 16.5 miles | 20 | |
| Castilla | 17.0 miles | 22 |
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 Q62528888 | 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 1447173. 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.