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Sugar House, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84105. It stands on Emigration Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sugar House quadrangle.

Sugar House within Salt Lake County

On record in Sugar House

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 40 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sugar House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 647 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined15
Natural5
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEVONSHIRE 2
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBOX ELDER
14 September 2020Recreation and ceremony35 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCONNECTICUT
10 September 1997Natural15 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOLYMPUS
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENSIGN INCORPORATED
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestGEORGE'S
24 August 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLENORA FORCE
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM 24

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Sugar House: 23 past producers, 18 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Iron, 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
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Dry Fork MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Fort Douglas Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerQuartzite
Intermountain Smelting CorpAntimonyProducer
Midvale Minerals Co.Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicProducer
National Tunnel and Mines Co.Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
New EnglandSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
New York & Great Western Mining, Smelting, and Development CompanyZinc, LeadPast Producer
Onyx RanchGemstoneProducerOnyx

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar House in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 debris flow. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2023Debris FlowSugar House1 hurt, $50,000The eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed in Parleys Canyon for around two hours in the morning near the Emigration Canyon exit due to a mudslide. The slide led to two single-vehicle crashes. One person received minor injuries in one of the crashes.
June 1997FloodSugar House$10,000Heavy rain fell in this 40 minute time span in the Sugar House area. Street flooding caused a low portion of Interstate-80 near 1300 East to temporarily close. Other minor street flooding occurred in the area. A spotter in Sugar House measured 1.24" of rain in this 40 minute time span.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The SR-65 at Big Mountain Pass mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The SR-65 at Big Mountain Pass mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSugar House-Mesonet station PC022 at Mount Aire Canyon recorded a wind gust of 59 mph.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Parleys Canyon @ Quarry mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 70 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Mount Aire Canyon mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Mount Aire Canyon automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The PacifiCorp Mount Aire Canyon mesonet site measured a wind gust of 58 mph at 5:30 pm MST as a result of strong outflow from nearby convection.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The SR-65 at Big Mountain Pass weather 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.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSugar House-A peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded by the Parley's Canyon at Quarry mesonet station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Mount Aire Canyon mesonet station recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Parley's Canyon at Quarry automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Sugarhouse 2 E sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSugar House-The Parleys Canyon sensor recorded a wind gust of 59 mph.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Sugar House-A small tornado briefly touched down in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City. Other reports of the storm indicated a funnel cloud and strong thunderstorm winds. No damage or injuries were reported.
September 1997FloodSugar House-no account filed

Every storm 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
South Salt Lake1.3 miles25
Foothill Village2.1 miles25
Granite2.2 miles25
Roper2.4 miles25
University Village2.5 miles27
Canyon Rim2.7 miles25
Millcreek2.7 miles25
Salt Lake City2.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1446208. 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.