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Jerusalem, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Mount Pleasant-Moroni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84646. It lies near Moroni Pole Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Green South quadrangle.

Jerusalem within Sanpete County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Jerusalem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47,541 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestLOST
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestFOUND
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCAPT. LARSON
2 September 2016Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestMINNIE SPRINGS
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral AreaJERUSALEM
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTARLING
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBROTHERSON
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCACTI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jerusalem: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, 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
Moroni North Sandstone ProspectsStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartz
Wales Tufa DepositCalciumOccurrence
Bruno's Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moroni Canal Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No. 20016Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No. 20017Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20013Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20014Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept.Highways Pit No.20018Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sanpete 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
Freedom1.5 miles19
Moroni4.5 miles18
Fountain Green4.7 miles18
Wales5.4 miles16
Chester7.9 miles16
Spring City10.2 miles16
Mount Pleasant10.8 miles16
Pigeon Hollow Junction11.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1442132. 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.