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Winter Quarters, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84526. It lies near Number Four Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Scofield quadrangle. It stands 8,084 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Winter Quarters within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Winter Quarters (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,762 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2002Natural1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUMP CREEK
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestTROUGH SPRINGS
17 September 2012Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeGOOSEBERRY
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestMINE TIMBER
11 September 2007Natural2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFRENCH CREEK
11 September 2007Natural3,382 acresManti-Lasal National ForestFRENCH CREEK WFU
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Winter Quarters (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Deposit #04001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Deposit 04002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Quartzite, Sandstone
Gravel Deposit 04002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Quartzite, Sandstone
Utah Dept. of Highways No. 04001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Carbon 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Scofield1.4 miles20
Clear Creek5.5 miles20
Consumers6.8 miles20
Coal City9.8 miles20
Latuda12.9 miles18
Standardville13.5 miles18
Storrs14.3 miles18
Peerless14.8 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Winter Quarters (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8026303The 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 1447486. 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.