West Ephraim, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Ephraim-Manti census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84627. It stands on Ephraim Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.
On record in West Ephraim
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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ephraim Carnegie Librarylisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
Johnson-Nielson Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Lars S. Andersen Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
John Dorius Jr. Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Hans A. Hansen Houselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Ephraim United Order Cooperative Buildinglisted 1973 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Manti quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of West Ephraim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | E FIRE |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLOW CREEK |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BULL |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLOW CREEK ROAD |
| 11 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JORGENSEN STUBBLE |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | BALD |
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PRICHARD |
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WHITE HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of West Ephraim: 33 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hill Limestone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Black Hill Limestone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Little Pigeon Hollow Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Little Pigeon Hollow Ls.Quarry No.1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #2 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #3 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.3 | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephraim | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pigeon Hollow Junction | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Manti | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wales | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Spring City | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Manti Canyon Summer Homes | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Moroni | 10.3 miles | 18 |
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 Q122556780 | 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 1447124. 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.







