Center Creek, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Heber City East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84032. It stands on Center Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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
- 1907 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Center Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Center Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Center Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Center Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,663 acres in total. 17 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 | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HEBER ASSIST 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SMITH FIRE |
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COYOTE LANE |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LAKE CREEK |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | BWALLOW1 |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PHONE POLE |
| 21 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILLERS |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTHFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Center Creek: 9 producers, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hollow Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Quartzite | |
| Timber Lakes Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Center Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Heber City Borrow Pit. #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Heber City Borrow Pit. #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26015 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26017 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26022 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26023 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Creek in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Creek | $1,000 | Public report of intense winds blowing trees, breaking tree parts, and damaging household parts outside. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Creek | - | A wind gust of 75 mph was recorded at the Currant Creek Peak mesonet site. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Creek | - | A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the Duchesne Ridge mesonet site. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Creek | - | The Creek Peak Avalanche sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Center Creek | - | Hail approximately the size of a penny was reported near Heber City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Heber City | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Timber Lakes | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Charleston | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Midway | 6.6 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Spa | 6.7 miles | 26 | |
| Wallsburg | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Interlaken | 7.5 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1439607. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









