BlockDalton, Utah
25 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 84107. It stands on Little Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City South quadrangle.
On record in Dalton
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 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Warenski-Duvall Comerical Building and Apartmentslisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away
John P. Cahoon Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Iris Theater, Apartments and Commercial Buildinglisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Murray LDS Second Ward Meetinghouselisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away- Murray Hillside Historic Districtlisted 2014 · 0.3 miles away
- Thomas & Margaret Taylor Houselisted 2020 · 0.6 miles away
- Edward and Irene Hobbs Houselisted 2018 · 0.7 miles away
- Murray Downtown Residential Historic Districtlisted 2005 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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 Salt Lake City South 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 Salt Lake City South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Salt Lake City South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POLE CAT |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | MILLVILLE CANYON |
| 31 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BINGHAM ASSIST |
| 2 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CANYON COVE |
| 9 July 2019 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAJESTIC OAKS ASSIST |
| 4 July 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WASATCH |
| 3 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLYMPUS |
| 12 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | UNION ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Dalton: 44 producers, 29 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 44 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Minerals Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Alta Champion | Silver, Lead, Gold, Bismuth | Producer | Vein | |
| Cottonwood Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dry Fork Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Midvale Minerals Co | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Midvale Minerals Co. | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | ||
| National Tunnel and Mines Co. | Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| New England | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| New York & Great Western Mining, Smelting, and Development Company | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Onyx Ranch | Gemstone | Producer | Onyx |
Storms near this place
12 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalton in 12 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | $300,000 | A microburst occurred near the intersection of Utah State Route 111 and New Bingham Highway in West Jordan, knocking over or snapping a series of power poles. Rocky Mountain Power reported that 37 large transmission poles and 4 smaller distribution poles were damaged and had to be replaced. This temporarily knocked out power to about 3,000 customers, as well as closing State Route 111 for several hours. The downed power lines also dragged a couple of metal poles supporting traffic signals to the ground. Despite the destruction, two sensors very close to the intersection (the SR-85 at Dannon Way sensor and the Trans-Jordan Landfill sensor) only recorded peak wind gusts of 45 mph and 42 mph respectively. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Dalton | $10,000 | Numerous videos and photos from the media and the public showed street flooding in the West Jordan area. One basement was flooded. Time of this report is estimated. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | The West Jordan Bench mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | The SR-85 @ Dannon Way mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Trans-Jordan Landfill mesonet site. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | A thunderstorm and associated outflow resulted in a wind gust of 64 mph being recorded at the West Jordan Bench weather station. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | The Trans-Jordan Landfill sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | A peak wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the State Route 85 at Dannon Way sensor. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | The Trans-Jordan Landfill mesonet sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 71 mph. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | A 58 mph wind gust was reported at the Mountain View at Dannon Way sensor. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | The SR-85 at Dannon Way sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | Multiple sensors on the west end of the Salt Lake Valley recorded severe wind gusts with a passing thunderstorm, including 71 mph at the Mountain View at Dannon Way sensor, 64 at the Baccus Highway sensor, and 58 mph at the Trans-Jordan Landfill sensor. In addition, one of these microbursts made it to the Salt Lake City International Airport, with a recorded wind gust as high as 70 mph on the FAA Midfield sensor. These winds caused significant impacts to the terminal, with a total of 837 minutes of holding time on the ground, 11 flight diversions, several planes that had to circle the airport, and 3 flight cancellations. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray | 1.0 miles | 25 | |
| Atwood | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Union | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Millcreek | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Cottonwood (historical) | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Bennion (historical) | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Midvale | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Taylorsville | 3.0 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1452149. 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.