Oquirrh, Utah
20 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 84081. The Survey maps it on the Magna quadrangle. 10,390 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 4,921 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 20 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Magna quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Magna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Oquirrh between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | U 111 |
| 19 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FIRST |
| 4 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 5525 S COUGAR LN |
| 1 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 5167 W 6275 S |
| 26 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 5350 S NORTHWEST AVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Oquirrh: 18 producers, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barneys Canyon Gold Deposit | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1989 | |
| Murray Slag Dump | Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Bingham Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Brim Hall Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brim Hall Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Harper Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Harper Sand and Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | 1981 | |
| Kearns Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kearns Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kearns Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearns | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Welby | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Bacchus | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| West Valley City | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hunter | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Bennion (historical) | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Robbe | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| West Jordan | 5.2 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Oquirrh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2236190 | The 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 1867581. 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.





