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Berkshire West, Utah

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84087. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City North quadrangle.

Berkshire West within Davis County

On record in Berkshire West

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 27 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

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Berkshire West between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,402 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony10
Fireworks9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 2016Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARD
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSMOKE CHASER
13 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMPFIRE #1
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENSIGN PEAK
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOVERLOOK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Berkshire West: 26 producers, 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Breitling Brothers N. Salt Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Maryan Estates0.1 miles27
Nelhoca Place0.3 miles27
Briarwood Acres0.3 miles27
Cahoon Acres0.3 miles27
Hogan Park0.3 miles24
Orson Ellis0.4 miles27
Sorrento Estates0.4 miles27
Wood Estates0.4 miles27

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 Q122548894The 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 1454052. 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.