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Mount Olympus, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Emigration census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84124. It lies near Mill Creek Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sugar House quadrangle.

Mount Olympus within Salt Lake County

On record in Mount Olympus

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olympus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 581 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEVONSHIRE 2
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMOUNT AIRE
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERGUSON
22 September 2020Natural60 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS WFU
2 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN CAN
19 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMULE HOLLOW
15 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestKOBE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olympus: 25 producers, 9 occurrences, 9 past producers. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Emigration Canyon ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite
Jones Gold ProspectGoldOccurrenceVein
Last Dollar MineLeadOccurrenceCalcite, Galena
Mortand Cement Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Murray Copper and Victor ClaimsCopper, Gold, LeadOccurrence1912
Parleys Canyon QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Pharaohs Glen QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartz
Scott ProspectsLead, SilverOccurrenceReplacement
St. Patrick ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, AntimonyOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Salt Lake 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
East Millcreek1.5 miles25
Holladay2.2 miles25
Canyon Rim2.3 miles25
Cottonwood (historical)3.1 miles25
Knudsens Corner3.5 miles25
Foothill Village4.5 miles25
Millcreek4.6 miles25
Cottonwood Heights4.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867580. 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.