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Foothill Village, 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 84108. It lies near Emigration Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sugar House quadrangle.

Foothill Village within Salt Lake County

On record in Foothill Village

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 6 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Foothill Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 864 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOX ELDER
14 September 2020Recreation and ceremony35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCONNECTICUT
10 September 1997Natural15 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOLYMPUS
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILL
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENSIGN INCORPORATED
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestGEORGE'S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Foothill Village: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, Barium-Barite, Stone, Dimension. 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
Intermountain Smelting CorpAntimonyProducer
Last Dollar MineLeadOccurrenceCalcite, Galena
Parleys Canyon QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Rocky Mountain RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneOccurrence
Victory Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Wasatch 8ot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
White WaySilicaPast ProducerPlacer
Custom Milling & Supply MillBarium-BaritePast 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
University Village0.8 miles27
Fort Douglas (historical)1.5 miles27
Sugar House2.1 miles25
Canyon Rim2.5 miles25
East Millcreek3.1 miles25
South Salt Lake3.4 miles25
Salt Lake City3.5 miles27
Granite3.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1441157. 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.