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.
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.
Crescent Elementary Schoollisted 2000 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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
- 1951 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Midvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TONYA |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PRESERVE |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SIENNA |
| 31 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BINGHAM ASSIST |
| 31 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LAIRD |
| 3 August 2016 | Fireworks | 35 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CORNER CANYON |
| 29 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SPRINGVIEW ASSIST |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BEAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqueduct Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Midvale Minerals Co | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Rocky Mouth Canyon Adit | Copper, Molybdenum, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Subsurface Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1914, 1917 | |
| Lower Bells Canyon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Maple Hollow Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Olivers Siding Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | 1982 | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Crescent | $1,000,000 | Street flooding was reported in Sandy around 1000 East. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lampton | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| White City | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Riverton Siding | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| South Jordan | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Draper | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Endot | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Sandy City | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Riverton | 3.3 miles | 24 |
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.









