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Wasatch Resort, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84092. It lies near Coalpit Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Draper quadrangle.

Wasatch Resort within Salt Lake County

On record in Wasatch Resort

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 1 record

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

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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Wasatch Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 797 acres in total. 39 started naturally. None 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
Natural39
Recreation and ceremony38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestRED PINE
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLONE PEAK
6 September 2005Natural10 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNORTH DEAF
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBELLS
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWHITE PINE LAKE
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDRY CREEK
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERGUSON
3 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHOGUM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Wasatch Resort: 22 past producers, 19 producers, 16 occurrences, 1 prospect. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Lead, Lead, 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
Blue Jay ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Cottonwood Gold Eagle MineSilver, IronPast Producer1925
Floral Lode ClaimLead, ZincProducer
Interstate Brick Quartzite QuarrySilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Lower Bells Canyon WorkingsCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Metals CoalitionTungsten, Silver, CopperProspect
Murray Copper and Victor ClaimsCopper, Gold, LeadOccurrence1912
Murray Refractories Clay PitClayPast ProducerChlorite, Mica, Pyrophyllite, Quartz
Murry Refractories PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
New State MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein

Every working 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
Cottonwood Heights4.3 miles25
Little Cottonwood Creek Valley4.3 miles25
Knudsens Corner5.4 miles25
White City5.5 miles25
Draper6.3 miles25
Alta6.6 miles26
Sandy City6.7 miles24
Union6.8 miles25

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 Q122543870The 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 1433980. 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.