Buena Vista, Utah
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84104. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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
- 1951 USGS Salt Lake City North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salt Lake City North quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Salt Lake City North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 460 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SALT LAKE ASSIST |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TRAILER |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ENSIGN INCORPORATED |
| 5 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOSQUITO |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BECK ST ASSIST |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BANGERTER ASSIST |
| 20 August 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 9.6 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STANDLEE EAST ASSIST |
| 20 August 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 9.8 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STANDLEE WEST ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Buena Vista: 19 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Geothermal, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermountain Smelting Corp | Antimony | Producer | ||
| Victory Road Lime Pit. | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Becks Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Custom Milling & Supply Mill | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Eisenman Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Wasatch 8ot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| A-1 Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| A-1 Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Breitling Brothers N. Salt Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gardner Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buena Vista in 6 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flood | Buena Vista | $150,000 | Multiple streets and Hunter High School in West Valley City were flooded. Flooding led to vehicles stranded along California Avenue between 2700 West and Gladiola Street in Salt Lake City. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | The Salt Lake City International Airport ASOS station recorded wind gusts of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | ASOS station KSLC at Salt Lake City International Airport recorded a wind gust of 69 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | The FAA Wind Sensor at Salt Lake City International Airport recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | The Salt Lake City International Airport ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 67 mph. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | A peak wind gusts of 58 mph was recorded by a sensor at Salt Lake City International Airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Redwood (historical) | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Granite | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Salt Lake City | 4.0 miles | 27 | |
| Granger | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Roper | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| West Valley City | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Becks | 4.8 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1454288. 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.









