Brighton, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84121. It lies near Mount Evergreen. The Survey maps it on the Brighton quadrangle. 432 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,707 feet above sea level.
On record in Brighton
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Wasatch Mountain Club Lodgelisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Brighton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MARY |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | REDMAN |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONANZA-CLOUD RIM |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | ALBION BASIN |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRIGHTON ESTATES |
| 4 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MINERAL BASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 338 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 338 workings within 5 miles of Brighton: 220 past producers, 67 occurrences, 31 producers, 19 prospects. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Silver, Lead, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Consolidated Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1875, 1919 | |
| Alta Consolidated Mine | Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Flag Shaft | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag Shaft No. 2 | Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Prospect | ||
| American Tunnel | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese | Past Producer | 1875, 1918 | |
| Anchor Shaft | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Anchor Tunnel Protal | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Big and Little Cottonwood Districts | Silver, Lead, Cobalt, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1864 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brighton in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Brighton | $15,000 | Heavy rain over the Salt Lake Valley flooded six residential properties in Midvale and Sandy. A couple of homes had significant basement flooding, while others had flooding on lawns and other outdoor property. The worst of the flooding was near 8000 South and 700 East in Sandy, where two homes had more than $5,000 in damage each. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Fork | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Alta | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Wasatch Resort | 9.8 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Aire | 11.1 miles | 26 | |
| Cottonwood Heights | 12.1 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Olympus | 12.3 miles | 25 | |
| Knudsens Corner | 12.4 miles | 25 | |
| Little Cottonwood Creek Valley | 13.1 miles | 25 |
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 Brighton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66222167 | 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 1439115. 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.








