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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Lofgreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Lofgreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lofgreen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | UNION |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | RESERVOIR |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | VERNON |
| 27 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | MILE MARKER 13 |
| 18 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | VERNON CRK |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | EAST BENMORE |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | AQUEDUCT |
| 28 August 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | VERNON HIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcite Quarry | Calcium, Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Borrow Pit Rush Valley T7s R5w Sec5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rush Valley Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah State Dept Hwys Grav Pit 23126 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Faust | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lofgreen | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Topliff | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Center | 10.0 miles | 22 | |
| West Mercur | 14.6 miles | 23 | |
| Mercur (historical) | 16.3 miles | 21 | |
| Clover | 16.7 miles | 22 |
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 Q122546684 | 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 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.






