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Canyon Rim, Utah

25 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 84109. It lies near Parleys Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sugar House quadrangle. 10,428 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 4,616 feet above sea level.

Canyon Rim within Salt Lake County

On record in Canyon Rim

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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Rim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 2 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
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEVONSHIRE 2
22 September 2020Natural60 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS WFU
2 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN CAN
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOX ELDER
15 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestKOBE
12 September 2015Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCHURCH FORK
11 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTOLCAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Rim: 14 producers, 7 past producers, 5 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Stone, Dimension, Cement Rock. 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
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Emigration Canyon ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite
Jones Gold ProspectGoldOccurrenceVein
Last Dollar MineLeadOccurrenceCalcite, Galena
Parleys Canyon QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Rocky Mountain RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
St. Patrick ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
UnknownSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneOccurrence
White WaySilicaPast ProducerPlacer
Fort Douglas Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartzite

Every working 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
East Millcreek0.8 miles25
Mount Olympus2.3 miles25
Foothill Village2.5 miles25
Holladay2.6 miles25
Sugar House2.7 miles25
Millcreek3.2 miles25
University Village3.3 miles27
Cottonwood (historical)3.4 miles25

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 Canyon RimAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1920150The 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 1867577. 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.