White Canyon, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Blanding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84533. It lies in White Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hite South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

White Canyon within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Henry Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Browns Rim quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Hite quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS White Canyon 2 SW quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1960 USGS Escalante quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Hite Crossing quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Hite South quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of White Canyon (historical) between 2001 and 2015, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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
Fireworks	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
13 August 2015	Fireworks	under an acre	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	GOOD HOPE BAY
5 June 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	FARLEY
12 June 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	MOKI

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of White Canyon (historical): 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Platinum, Uranium, Copper, Gold. 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
Colorado River Placers	Silver, PGE, Gold	Past Producer
Colorado River Placers	Silver, Gold, Platinum	Past Producer	1883
Copper King 1	Uranium, Copper	Occurrence	Underground
Hite	Gold, Platinum	Occurrence	1883
Black Oxide	Uranium	Unknown	Surface
Black Oxide Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite, Torbernite
Colorado River Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Horseshoe Mine	Uranium	Past Producer
Nuevo Mundo Mining Co.	Uranium	Occurrence
Southern Cross	Uranium	Unknown	Surface

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Ducket Crossing	9.3 miles	19
Gravel Crossing	12.4 miles	20
Soldier Crossing	14.4 miles	20
Fry Canyon	19.1 miles	20
Halls Crossing	28.5 miles	18
Clay Hills Crossing	35.6 miles	21
Indian Village	43.2 miles	27
Blanding	52.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437721. 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.