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.
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.
Evergreen Avenue Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.6 miles away
Nathaniel Baldwin Houselisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away- Oakwoodlisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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
- 1952 USGS Sugar House quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Sugar House quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Sugar House quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DEVONSHIRE 2 |
| 22 September 2020 | Natural | 60 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | NEFFS |
| 22 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | NEFFS WFU |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREEN CAN |
| 16 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOX ELDER |
| 15 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | KOBE |
| 12 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.4 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CHURCH FORK |
| 11 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TOLCAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Rim Quarries | Limestone, General, Clay, Cement Rock | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Emigration Canyon Prospects | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| Jones Gold Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Last Dollar Mine | Lead | Occurrence | Calcite, Galena | |
| Parleys Canyon Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Rocky Mountain Refractories | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| St. Patrick Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone | Occurrence | ||
| White Way | Silica | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Fort Douglas Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Quartzite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Millcreek | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Olympus | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Foothill Village | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Holladay | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Sugar House | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Millcreek | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| University Village | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Cottonwood (historical) | 3.4 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 Canyon Rim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1920150 | 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 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.









