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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.

Jordanelle within Wasatch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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.

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.

Henry Cluff Ranch, Ranch House, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Henry Cluff Ranch, Ranch House, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Henry Cluff Ranch, Barn, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Henry Cluff Ranch, Barn, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Jordanelle Valley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Jordanelle Valley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Henry Cluff Ranch, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Henry Cluff Ranch, Jordanelle Valley, Keetley Mine Road at U.S. Route 40, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBONANZA-CLOUD RIM
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEER VALLEY
4 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOYOTE LANE
21 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILLERS
20 September 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTHFIELD
19 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHIGHWAY 40 MM 14
19 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEMPIRE PASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasatch County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 130 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Flag ShaftSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, IronPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
American Flag ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, IronPast Producer
American Flag Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
Anchor Tunnel ProtalGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Constellation ShaftGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Constellation Shaft and ProspectsLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Cottonwood Canyon Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Daly MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerCerargyrite, Galena
Daly Shaft No. 1Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1885, 1886, 1955
Daly Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1885, 1886, 1955

Every working recorded in Wasatch 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
Hailstone1.3 miles26
Cranmer1.7 miles26
Keetley2.9 miles26
Hideout3.1 miles26
Interlaken4.4 miles26
Mountain Spa5.2 miles26
Mound City5.9 miles26
Heber City6.1 miles26

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 JordanelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48975963The 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.