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Fort Douglas, Utah

27 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 84113. It lies near Red Butte Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fort Douglas within Salt Lake County

On record in Fort Douglas

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Fort Douglas (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined16
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
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
14 September 2020Recreation and ceremony35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCONNECTICUT
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENSIGN PEAK
10 September 1997Natural15 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOLYMPUS
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENSIGN INCORPORATED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Fort Douglas (historical): 9 producers, 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Parleys Canyon QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Rocky Mountain RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneOccurrence
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Custom Milling & Supply MillBarium-BaritePast Producer
Eisenman Barite MillBarium-BariteProducer
Fort Douglas Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartzite
Parleys Canyon Ne QuarryCement RockProducerCalcite

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
Foothill Village1.5 miles25
Salt Lake City3.1 miles27
Sugar House3.1 miles25
Granite3.5 miles25
Emigration Canyon3.9 miles27
Canyon Rim4.0 miles25
South Salt Lake4.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1441186. 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.