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.
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.
Ernie and Irmgard Bourne Houselisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away- Fish-Baughman Houselisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Sugar House quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sugar House quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Sugar House quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DEVONSHIRE 2 |
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MOUNT AIRE |
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FERGUSON |
| 22 September 2020 | Natural | 60 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | NEFFS |
| 22 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | NEFFS WFU |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREEN CAN |
| 19 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MULE HOLLOW |
| 15 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | KOBE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Rim Quarries | Limestone, General, Clay, Cement Rock | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Emigration Canyon Prospects | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| Jones Gold Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Last Dollar Mine | Lead | Occurrence | Calcite, Galena | |
| Mortand Cement Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Murray Copper and Victor Claims | Copper, Gold, Lead | Occurrence | 1912 | |
| Parleys Canyon Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Pharaohs Glen Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Scott Prospects | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| St. Patrick Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Millcreek | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Holladay | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Canyon Rim | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Cottonwood (historical) | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Knudsens Corner | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Foothill Village | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Millcreek | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Cottonwood Heights | 4.7 miles | 25 |
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.









