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Peerless, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Helper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84526. It lies near Sowbelly Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Standardville quadrangle. It stands 6,447 feet above sea level.

Peerless within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Peerless between 1992 and 2020, burning about 477 acres in total. 61 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
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMoab Field OfficeLYNETTE
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCONSUMERS
5 September 2015Natural2.6 acresMoab Field OfficeHARDSCRABBLE
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficePEERLESS
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCOAL MINE
22 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCONSUMER
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeBULL POINT
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOLF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Peerless: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Lowdermilk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Sandstone
Lowdermilk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Sandstone

Every working recorded in Carbon 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
Storrs0.8 miles18
Standardville1.3 miles18
Latuda2.0 miles18
Martin2.3 miles20
Heiner2.6 miles20
Wildcat3.0 miles18
Helper3.1 miles20
Castle Gate (historical)3.3 miles20

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 PeerlessAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7160444The 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 1437655. 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.