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Redwood, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84119. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Redwood within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Redwood (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTRAILER
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBANGERTER ASSIST
17 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM94
9 July 2019Fireworks2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMAJESTIC OAKS ASSIST
6 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsVAL VERDA
29 July 2003Arson/incendiarism15 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRUIT HEIGHTS
5 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands888 W ROCKHILL POINT CV
19 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4430 S ATHERTON DR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Redwood (historical): 21 past producers, 17 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
Alta ChampionSilver, Lead, Gold, BismuthProducerVein
Dry Fork MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Intermountain Smelting CorpAntimonyProducer
Midvale Minerals Co.Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicProducer
National Tunnel and Mines Co.Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
New EnglandSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Onyx RanchGemstoneProducerOnyx
Spring and SummitGold, SilverPast Producer
UnknownMercury, LeadOccurrenceCinnabar, Mercury
Utah Delaware Mining Co.Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer

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
Roper1.6 miles25
Granger1.9 miles25
South Salt Lake2.7 miles25
Taylorsville3.1 miles25
Buena Vista3.3 miles27
Granite3.3 miles25
West Valley City3.6 miles20
Millcreek3.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1431727. 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.