Burmester, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It stands on Warm Springs Slough. The Survey maps it on the Burmester quadrangle. It stands 4,219 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Burmester quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Burmester quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Burmester between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,942 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTH COOLEY |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | SALT ROAD |
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EVANS |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HIGLEY |
| 8 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CAR FIRE |
| 5 August 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CHURCH RD. |
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TEAD |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 88 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Burmester: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burmester Section of Great Salt Lake | Bromine | Producer | 1825 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burmester in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burmester | $10,000 | A semitrailer was blown over at mile marker 85 on I-80. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burmester | $2,000 | A 51 knot wind gust was estimated at Burmester, and vinyl siding on a home was torn off. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burmester | - | The Solar Union Pacific Railroad automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burmester | - | UDOT reported a semitrailer blown over on Interstate 80 near milepost 85. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burmester | - | The Burmester sensor recorded a peak gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burmester | - | The I-80 Grassey sensor measured a 55 knot wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flux | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Grantsville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dolomite | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Marshall | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mills Junction | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Stansbury park | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Erda | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Point | 10.1 miles | 16 |
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 Burmester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4999466 | 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 1437515. 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.





