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Emigration Canyon, Utah

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Emigration census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84108. It lies near Pioneer Fork. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle.

Emigration Canyon within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Emigration Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 878 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2005Natural4.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestU FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEVONSHIRE 2
5 September 2002Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOX ELDER
15 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestKOBE
15 September 1993Arson/incendiarism52 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
14 September 2020Recreation and ceremony35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCONNECTICUT
12 September 2015Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCHURCH FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Emigration Canyon: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 4 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension, Cement Rock. 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
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Parleys Canyon QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Rocky Mountain RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Treasure Box MineLead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
UnknownSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneOccurrence
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23089Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parleys Canyon Ne QuarryCement RockProducerCalcite
Parleys Canyon Quarry SwCement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Brigham Fork QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Emigration Canyon ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emigration Canyon in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 tornado. 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
November 1993Tornado (F0)Emigration Canyon-A cold northwest flow over the Great Salt Lake produced snow squalls which apparently spawned a weak tornado. The tornado was reported by a citizen. The tornado picked up some dirt while lasting only three minutes.

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
Pinecrest3.5 miles24
Mount Aire3.8 miles26
Fort Douglas (historical)3.9 miles27
University Village4.2 miles27
Foothill Village4.2 miles25
Canyon Rim5.5 miles25
East Millcreek5.5 miles25
Mount Olympus6.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2797924. 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.