Chester, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84623. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle. It stands 5,515 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Manti quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Chester between 1995 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WALES RESERVOIR |
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | E FIRE |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUNCTION SPOT |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PIG FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SP FIRE |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SALVAGE YARD |
| 2 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUSPICION FIRE |
| 17 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LAMB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Chester: 28 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Hollow Limestone Prospect | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| White Hill Limestone Quarry No.1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Moroni North Sandstone Prospects | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Pigeon Hollow Limestone Prospect | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| White Hill Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Chester - Highway 89 Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Chester Ponds Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Chester Ponds Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chester-Highway 89 Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Ditch Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring City | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Moroni | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pigeon Hollow Junction | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wales | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Freedom | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| West Ephraim | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Jerusalem | 7.9 miles | 19 |
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 Chester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5093414 | 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 1439662. 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.







