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Hunter, Utah

20 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 84120. The Survey maps it on the Magna quadrangle.

Hunter within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 20 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

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hunter between 1999 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
2 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands7200 WEST ASSIST
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRAILER
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsU 111
4 July 2008Fireworks18 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeKENNECOTT
10 July 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKENNECOTT
4 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands5525 S COUGAR LN
2 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8000 W 2100 S
1 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands5167 W 6275 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 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hunter: 13 producers, 7 past producers, 3 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
Murray Slag DumpZinc, LeadProducer
Brim Hall Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brim Hall Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kearns Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearns Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearns Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pioneer Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snider Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Snider Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snider Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodHunter$100,000Multiple streets and Hunter High School in West Valley City were flooded.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHunter-The SR-85 at SR-201 automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHunter-A social media post showed a large downed tree on cars at a West Valley City apartment complex.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHunter-A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured at the UDOT SR-85 at SR-201 mesonet site.
June 2020HailHunter-Penny-sized hail was reported.
August 2014HailHunter-A spotter in West Valley City reported hail with a diameter of one inch.

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
West Valley City1.1 miles20
Granger2.9 miles25
Kearns2.9 miles25
Terminal4.1 miles20
Magna4.3 miles20
Redwood (historical)4.5 miles25
Bacchus4.6 miles20
Oquirrh4.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1428944. 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.