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Pehrson, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Lofgreen quadrangle.

Pehrson within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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 Pehrson between 1992 and 2018, burning about 822 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 1997Natural1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeUNION
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeRESERVOIR
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON
27 September 2008Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMILE MARKER 13
18 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON CRK
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST BENMORE
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeAQUEDUCT
28 August 1997Natural10 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON HIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pehrson: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
Calcite QuarryCalcium, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Borrow Pit Rush Valley T7s R5w Sec5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rush Valley Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah State Dept Hwys Grav Pit 23126Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Vernon4.6 miles17
Faust5.6 miles16
Lofgreen6.3 miles17
Topliff8.0 miles19
Center10.0 miles22
West Mercur14.6 miles23
Mercur (historical)16.3 miles21
Clover16.7 miles22

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 Q122546684The 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 1444271. 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.