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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mountain Dell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Mountain Dell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WILLEY HALLOW FIRE |
| 16 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BIG MOUNTAIN |
| 16 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOX ELDER |
| 15 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 52 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 13 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CAR |
| 6 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 81 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARLEYS |
| 5 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | HIGHWAY |
| 31 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE DUTCH HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Fork Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Burro Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Treasure Box Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23089 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burro Peak South Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Rotary Park Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emigration Canyon | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Mount Aire | 6.0 miles | 26 | |
| Fort Douglas (historical) | 6.6 miles | 27 | |
| University Village | 7.1 miles | 27 | |
| Foothill Village | 7.4 miles | 25 | |
| Canyon Rim | 8.9 miles | 25 | |
| East Millcreek | 9.0 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Olympus | 9.4 miles | 25 |
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 Q63796687 | 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 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.








