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Pinecrest, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Emigration census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84108. It lies near Lookout Peak. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Dell quadrangle. It stands 6,565 feet above sea level.

Pinecrest within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pinecrest between 1993 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
19 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWILLEY HALLOW FIRE
16 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBIG MOUNTAIN
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOX ELDER
15 September 1993Arson/incendiarism52 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
13 September 1994Smokingunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAR
6 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use81 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARLEYS
5 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHIGHWAY
31 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE DUTCH HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pinecrest: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Stone, Dimension. 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
Brigham Fork QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Burro MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1907
Treasure Box MineLead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23089Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burro Peak South ProspectsIronOccurrenceLimonite
Rotary Park ProspectsIronOccurrenceReplacement

Every working recorded in Salt Lake 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
Emigration Canyon3.5 miles27
Mount Aire6.0 miles26
Fort Douglas (historical)6.6 miles27
University Village7.1 miles27
Foothill Village7.4 miles25
Canyon Rim8.9 miles25
East Millcreek9.0 miles25
Mount Olympus9.4 miles25

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 Q63796687The 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 1444418. 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.