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Granite, 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 84101. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City South quadrangle.

Granite within Salt Lake County

On record in Granite

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 12 of 21 shown

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

Every listing in Salt Lake County

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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Granite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 628 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/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEVONSHIRE 2
14 September 2020Recreation and ceremony35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCONNECTICUT
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRAILER
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENSIGN PEAK
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
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBECK ST ASSIST
21 August 2003Natural1.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAGLEWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Granite: 22 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, General, 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
Fort Douglas Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartzite
Intermountain Smelting CorpAntimonyProducer
Rocky Mountain RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Custom Milling & Supply MillBarium-BaritePast Producer
Eisenman Barite MillBarium-BariteProducer
Wasatch 8ot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Limekiln Gulch North QuarryLimestone, General, IronPast ProducerCalcite, Limonite
Limekiln Gulch South QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
Magnet IronIronProducerReplacement

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granite in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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
June 2011FloodGranite$200,000Little Cottonwood Creek reached flood stage for a couple days in late June, peaking at 916 cfs at Crestwood Park on the night of June 24th. Much of the flooding was mitigated, but some damage was observed along the creek. The culvert at 2000 East and 3500 South was severely damaged, resulting in an extended closure of the road. There was a road closure and some damage at 1200 West between 3300 South and 3400 South, after Little Cottonwood enters the Jordan River. Erosion and damage occurred to riverbanks and park areas along the creek, including Murray Park and Crestwood Park.
August 2019Debris FlowGranite-Heavy rain over Little Cottonwood Canyon produced a series of debris flows that closed state Route 210 in the Canyon.

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
Salt Lake City0.9 miles27
South Salt Lake2.1 miles25
Sugar House2.2 miles25
Roper2.5 miles25
University Village3.3 miles27
Redwood (historical)3.3 miles25
Foothill Village3.5 miles25
Fort Douglas (historical)3.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1451716. 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.