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Sharp, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84648. It lies near Wide Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Juab quadrangle. It stands 5,223 feet above sea level.

Sharp within Juab County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Sharp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,699 acres in total. 32 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use24
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSR 28 MM 37
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPAINTER FIRE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresRichfield Field OfficeMM 33
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsELEVATOR ROAD
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOBLE
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeQUAD FIRE
29 September 2001Natural3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMAVERICK
29 September 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNIELSEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab 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 Sharp: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Nephi Gravel Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Nephi Gravel Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel-No 12029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit # 12010Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Juab County

Storms near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharp in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSharp-The I-15 at MP 215 Lampson Canyon mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSharp-A peak wind gust of 72 mph was recorded by the I-15 at MP 215 Lampson Canyon sensor.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSharp-A peak wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by the I-15 at MP 215 Lampson Canyon sensor.

Every storm recorded in Juab 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
Levan4.7 miles20
Nephi6.6 miles21
Gypsum Mill7.6 miles21
Juab7.7 miles19
Mills12.2 miles16
Mona13.4 miles19
Parley13.9 miles15
Soma14.7 miles15

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 Q111281422The 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 1437679. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.