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Cottonwood, 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 84117. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sugar House quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cottonwood within Salt Lake County

On record in Cottonwood

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 9 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 was 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 ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERGUSON
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERGUSON
22 September 2020Natural60 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS WFU
19 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMULE HOLLOW
16 September 2016Natural1.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHOUNDSTOOTH
11 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTOLCAT
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Cottonwood (historical): 41 producers, 32 past producers, 9 occurrences. 41 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
All Minerals MillBarium-BariteProducer
Alta ChampionSilver, Lead, Gold, BismuthProducerVein
Big Mitt and Blue Point MineGold, CopperPast Producer1904
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Cottonwood Gold Eagle MineSilver, IronPast Producer1925
Dry Fork MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Midvale Minerals Co.Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicProducer
Mortand Cement Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Murray Copper and Victor ClaimsCopper, Gold, LeadOccurrence1912
Murry Refractories PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

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
Holladay0.9 miles25
Knudsens Corner1.8 miles25
Dalton2.8 miles25
Murray2.9 miles25
Cottonwood Heights2.9 miles25
Millcreek3.0 miles25
Mount Olympus3.1 miles25
East Millcreek3.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1448303. 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.