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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Juab quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SR 28 MM 37 |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PAINTER FIRE |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Richfield Field Office | MM 33 |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ELEVATOR ROAD |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GOBLE |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | QUAD FIRE |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAVERICK |
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NIELSEN |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephi Gravel Pit #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Nephi Gravel Pit #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12010 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel-No 12029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Pit # 12010 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharp | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharp | - | A peak wind gust of 72 mph was recorded by the I-15 at MP 215 Lampson Canyon sensor. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharp | - | A peak wind gust of 58 mph was recorded by the I-15 at MP 215 Lampson Canyon sensor. |
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.
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 Q111281422 | 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 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.







