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Peterson, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Morgan South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It stands on Peterson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peterson quadrangle. It stands 4,885 feet above sea level.

Peterson within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Peterson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning56
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLILAC LANE
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsI84MM95
6 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHOP FIRE
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDALTON
5 September 2020Smokingunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCANYON BANK
4 September 2012Other causes2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBANK 1
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaCANYON
27 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLINE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Peterson: 17 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Iron, Mica. 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
Alice Mawle MineUraniumOccurrence
Iron KingGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Strawberry MineCopper, IronPast ProducerLimonite, Malachite
Strawberry MineCopper, IronPast Producer
Unknown ProspectMicaOccurrenceMuscovite
Unknown ProspectMicaPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Gravel Pit In Twn 5n Rng 1e Sec 25Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Enterprise2.1 miles13
Mountain Green2.1 miles11
Milton4.5 miles13
Stoddard4.6 miles13
Littleton6.0 miles13
Morgan7.4 miles13
Como Springs8.1 miles13
Richville8.6 miles13

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 PetersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7178238The 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 1444301. 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.