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Saint John, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84069. The Survey maps it on the Saint John quadrangle.

Saint John within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Saint John between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,358 acres in total. 38 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
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeRUSH VALLEY
3 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCLOVERSIDE
28 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use720 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeRUSH LAKE
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPENNYS CONTROL BURN
14 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeBIG
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRUSSELL LANE
10 September 2012Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHOLLOW NORTH
9 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePVC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Saint John: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Morgan:S Warm SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Morgan Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23112Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23112Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23101Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 23031Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit No. 23102Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys Gravel Pit No 23113Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept. of Hwys, Gravel Pit No. 23116Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Tooele 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
Rush Valley0.6 miles22
Clover1.3 miles22
Center7.8 miles22
Stockton8.3 miles22
Bauer9.4 miles22
Terra9.5 miles18
West Mercur9.7 miles23
Ophir10.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1432117. 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.