Wood Hill, 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 in ZIP code area 84501. It stands on Pinnacle Wash. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle.

Wood Hill within Carbon County

On record in Wood Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 10 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Churchlisted 1978 · 0.6 miles away
James W. and Mary K. Loofbourow Houselisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Albert and Mariah Bryner Houselisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Price Municipal Buildinglisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Parker and Weeter Blocklisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
US Post Office-Price Mainlisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Assumptionlisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
Price Tavern/Braffet Blocklisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Star Theatrelisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
39-47 W Mainlisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away

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 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 Price quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Wood Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Natural	29
Recreation and ceremony	23
Debris and open burning	22
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Other causes	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
8 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	MARSING
8 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	CARBONVILLE
8 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Moab Field Office	LYNETTE
7 September 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	WOODHILL
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Moab Field Office	CONSUMERS
5 September 2018	Natural	under an acre	Southeast Area	MEADS WASH
5 September 2001	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands	ROADSIDE
24 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Moab Field Office	GORDON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wood Hill: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Industrial Center Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Chert, Limestone, Sandstone
Lowdermilk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Limestone, Sandstone
Lowdermilk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04011	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04011	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04012	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04020	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sandstone

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Price	0.8 miles	19
Carbonville	1.3 miles	19
Spring Glen	4.0 miles	20
Kenilworth	5.3 miles	20
Helper	5.5 miles	20
Wellington	6.2 miles	19
Wildcat	6.3 miles	18
Martin	6.9 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437725. 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.