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Nelson, 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 84010. It lies near North Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle.

Nelson within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Nelson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,483 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLUCKY LYNN
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTELEPHONE POLE
5 September 2002Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND 2
22 September 1992Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
19 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWILLEY HALLOW FIRE
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Nelson: 15 producers, 10 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
FoulgerQuartzOccurrence
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rotary Park ProspectsIronOccurrenceReplacement
Sessions Mountains ProspectLead, SilverOccurrenceVein
Upper Ward Canyon ProspectsCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Alvie's Concrete IncSand 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
Ern Hayes0.1 miles25
Country Hills0.1 miles27
Oak Way0.1 miles27
Colonial Heights0.2 miles25
Oakhaven Village0.2 miles27
Woodland0.2 miles25
Ezra Clark0.2 miles25
Paradise Hills0.2 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q21551576The 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 1453817. 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.