University Village, Utah
27 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 84108. It lies near Red Butte Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle.
On record in University Village
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 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Emigration CanyonNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.8 miles away
Fort DouglasNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.8 miles away
Howard and Marian Bennion Houselisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Yalecrest Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.7 miles away
George and Ellen Furgis Houselisted 2015 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Fort Douglas quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Fort Douglas quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fort Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Fort Douglas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of University Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 904 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2005 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | U FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DEVONSHIRE 2 |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | 50 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CITY CREEK |
| 16 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOX ELDER |
| 14 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CONNECTICUT |
| 11 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | ENSIGN PEAK |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | OLYMPUS |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ENSIGN INCORPORATED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of University Village: 8 producers, 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Barium-Barite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Rim Quarries | Limestone, General, Clay, Cement Rock | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Intermountain Smelting Corp | Antimony | Producer | ||
| Parleys Canyon Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Rocky Mountain Refractories | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Wasatch 8ot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| A-1 Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Custom Milling & Supply Mill | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Eisenman Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Fort Douglas Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Quartzite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Douglas (historical) | 0.8 miles | 27 | |
| Foothill Village | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Sugar House | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Salt Lake City | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Canyon Rim | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Granite | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| South Salt Lake | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| East Millcreek | 3.9 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1446846. 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.










