Cedar Creek, Utah
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies near Green Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kelton Pass quadrangle. It stands 5,161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Kelton Pass quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Grouse Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Kelton Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Kelton Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Creek between 1992 and 2018, burning about 14,365 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | 42 |
| 2 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | MOBERG |
| 10 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SMOKEINTHECEDARS |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CEDARCREEK |
| 6 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROSE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | DUFFY CREEK |
| 2 August 2009 | Natural | 66 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD BLACK PINE |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | 9,529 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DUFFY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Creek: 11 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cedar Creek Hi Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cedar Creek Hi Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| U - 30 - 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| U-30-2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| U-30-2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| U-42-2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| U-42-2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardup | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Curlew Junction | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Park Valley | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Standrod | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kelton | 15.3 miles | 10 | |
| Rosette | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Yost | 20.5 miles | 12 | |
| Snowville | 23.7 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cedar Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056606 | 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 1437519. 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.






