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Jo Lu, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84041. The Survey maps it on the Kaysville quadrangle.

Jo Lu within Davis County

On record in Jo Lu

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

7 surveys from 13 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Jo Lu between 1992 and 2020, burning about 603 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERNWOOD
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRUIT
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDANIELS CANYON
5 September 2002Debris and open burning100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMINGTON BAY
23 September 1992Natural1.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined128 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSNOQUALMIE
14 September 2010Natural30 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePHRAG
8 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor45 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLAYTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Jo Lu: 14 prospects, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Hobbs Reservoir Talc LocalityTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceUnknown
UnknownTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Mountain Road Gravel Pit.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
South Weber Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Cook0.2 miles13
Simmons0.2 miles13
Layton0.3 miles13
Victory Park0.4 miles13
Ellison0.4 miles13
Brookhurst0.5 miles13
Gill0.5 miles13
Green Lawns0.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453938. 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.