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Crescent, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84070. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Midvale quadrangle.

Crescent within Salt Lake County

On record in Crescent

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 1 record

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 24 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Crescent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,208 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Fireworks3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTONYA
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPRESERVE
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSIENNA
31 August 2020Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBINGHAM ASSIST
31 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAIRD
3 August 2016Fireworks35 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCORNER CANYON
29 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPRINGVIEW ASSIST
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBEAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Crescent: 12 producers, 10 past producers, 6 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bromine, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead. 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
Aqueduct QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerQuartz
Midvale Minerals CoLead, Zinc, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer
Rocky Mouth Canyon AditCopper, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrenceVein
Subsurface BrinesBromineProducer1914, 1917
Lower Bells Canyon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Maple Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Olivers Siding Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1982
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodCrescent$1,000,000Street flooding was reported in Sandy around 1000 East.

Every storm 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
Lampton0.8 miles24
White City1.7 miles25
Riverton Siding1.9 miles24
South Jordan2.2 miles24
Draper2.3 miles25
Endot2.6 miles24
Sandy City2.8 miles24
Riverton3.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1427092. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.