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Bacchus, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Magna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84044. It lies near Coon Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Magna quadrangle. It stands 4,944 feet above sea level.

Bacchus within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bacchus between 1998 and 2019, burning about 202 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
2 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands7200 WEST ASSIST
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsU 111
20 August 2002Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSUNRISE
4 July 2008Fireworks18 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeKENNECOTT
22 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsU-150 MILE MARKER 6
10 July 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKENNECOTT
22 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands95MM
11 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeCW000222

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bacchus: 9 producers, 5 past producers, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Gold. 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
Barneys CanyonGoldPlant1981, 1989
Barneys Canyon Gold DepositGold, SilverPast Producer1989
Harper Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harper Sand and Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1981
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Hwy. Dept. Gravel Pit #18065Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1981
Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 18069Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 18071Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 18072Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Department of Highways Gravel Pit Number 18089 NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1981

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bacchus in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBacchus$40,000The Salt Lake City International Airport ASOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 67 mph. Wind gusts of 62 mph were also reported at the Baccus sensor and the Parley's Canyon at Quarry sensor. A light pole that was knocked over at the Salt Lake City International Airport, landed on two cars. Large trees were knocked over in Rose Park, and a 18-24 inch diameter tree snapped and landed on a house in the Avenues, causing minor roof damage. In addition, a semitruck was blown over near the I-80/I-215 interchange near Salt Lake City International Airport.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBacchus-The BACCUS/SR111 mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBacchus-The Baccus/SR111 UDOT sensor measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

Every storm recorded in Salt Lake 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
Magna3.2 miles20
Magna Mill3.8 miles20
Oquirrh4.0 miles20
Arthur4.3 miles18
Hunter4.6 miles20
Kearns5.3 miles25
West Valley City5.4 miles20
Garfield5.8 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 BacchusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622814The 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 1437494. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.