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Moss, Utah

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84054. It lies near Hooper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City North quadrangle.

Moss within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Moss between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,885 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined22
Fireworks9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2002Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARD
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSMOKE CHASER
13 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMPFIRE #1
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENSIGN PEAK
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOVERLOOK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Moss: 26 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Copper, Limestone, General. 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
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Victory Road Lime Pit.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Wasatch 8ot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Breitling Brothers N. Salt Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Brown0.3 miles27
Colonial Square0.4 miles27
Jenkins Orchard0.4 miles27
Skyline Park0.4 miles27
Val Verda0.4 miles27
Rustic Acres0.5 miles27
Pedersen0.5 miles27
Betty Manor0.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1451522. 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.