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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.

Chester within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined16
Natural16
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWALES RESERVOIR
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsE FIRE
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNCTION SPOT
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPIG FIRE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSP FIRE
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALVAGE YARD
2 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSUSPICION FIRE
17 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAMB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pigeon Hollow Limestone ProspectStonePast Producer
White Hill Limestone Quarry No.1StonePast Producer
Moroni North Sandstone ProspectsStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartz
Pigeon Hollow Limestone ProspectStone, DimensionOccurrenceLimestone
White Hill Limestone Quarry #1Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Chester - Highway 89 Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Chester Ponds Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSandstone
Chester Ponds Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chester-Highway 89 Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spring Ditch Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete 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
Spring City3.6 miles16
Moroni3.7 miles18
Pigeon Hollow Junction3.8 miles16
Wales3.9 miles16
Freedom6.5 miles19
West Ephraim7.1 miles16
Mount Pleasant7.5 miles16
Jerusalem7.9 miles19

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 ChesterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5093414The 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.