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Olivers, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84065. The Survey maps it on the Jordan Narrows quadrangle.

Olivers within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Olivers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,247 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural5
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthwest AreaWOOD
27 September 2006Smokingunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCIGARETTE
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWOODS LANDING ASSIST
14 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBIGELOW
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPRESERVE
5 August 2012Natural5,766 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePINYON
5 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsASHTON BLVD
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeEAGLE CREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Olivers: 19 past producers, 19 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General, Manganese, Geothermal. 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
Aqueduct QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerQuartz
Crystal Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Dry Hollow ProspectsIronOccurrenceHematite
Evans Limestone QuarryLimestone, General, ManganesePast Producer1914
Evans Lime QuarryManganeseProducer
Evans Lime QuarryManganesePast Producer1930
Bluffdale Sw Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jordan Narrows Gravel Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jordon Narrows Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface

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
Bluffdale0.9 miles22
Nash2.1 miles22
Riverton2.7 miles24
Riverton Siding3.1 miles24
Draper4.2 miles25
Crescent4.9 miles24
Lampton5.3 miles24
South Jordan5.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437653. 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.