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Riverton Siding, Utah

24 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 84020. The Survey maps it on the Midvale quadrangle.

Riverton Siding within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Riverton Siding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,178 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTONYA
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWOODS LANDING ASSIST
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPRESERVE
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSIENNA
31 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAIRD
3 August 2016Fireworks35 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCORNER CANYON
29 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPRINGVIEW ASSIST
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBEAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Riverton Siding: 17 producers, 14 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bromine. 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
Aqueduct QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerQuartz
Crystal Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Subsurface BrinesBromineProducer1914, 1917
Bluffdale Sw Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Maple Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Olivers Siding Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1982
Point of the Mountain Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Salt Lake Valley Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Salt Lake Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentifie OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

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
Crescent1.9 miles24
Riverton1.9 miles24
Draper2.2 miles25
Lampton2.2 miles24
South Jordan2.8 miles24
Olivers3.1 miles22
Bluffdale3.1 miles22
White City3.4 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 Q122550247The 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 1431863. 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.