Jordanelle, Utah
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Wasatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84032. It stands on Drain Tunnel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heber City quadrangle. It stands 5,876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Heber quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Heber City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Heber City quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
4 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Jordanelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,058 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONANZA-CLOUD RIM |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEER VALLEY |
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COYOTE LANE |
| 21 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILLERS |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTHFIELD |
| 19 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HIGHWAY 40 MM 14 |
| 19 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EMPIRE PASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 130 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 130 workings within 5 miles of Jordanelle: 79 past producers, 25 producers, 24 occurrences, 2 prospects. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Flag Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Flag Shaft | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag Shaft No. 2 | Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| Anchor Tunnel Protal | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Constellation Shaft | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Constellation Shaft and Prospects | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cottonwood Canyon Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Daly Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Cerargyrite, Galena | |
| Daly Shaft No. 1 | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1886, 1955 | |
| Daly Shaft No. 2 | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1886, 1955 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hailstone | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Cranmer | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Keetley | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Hideout | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Interlaken | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Spa | 5.2 miles | 26 | |
| Mound City | 5.9 miles | 26 | |
| Heber City | 6.1 miles | 26 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jordanelle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48975963 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1429249. 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.









