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College Ward, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Logan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84321. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville quadrangle. It stands 4,495 feet above sea level.

College Ward within Cache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of College Ward between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,408 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning11
Natural3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYRUM BLVD
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTROY PARKER
8 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEAST PROVIDENCE
31 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPROVIDENCE
31 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4125 SOUTH MAIN
27 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRIVER HEIGHTS 2
21 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYRUM DAM
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSAVAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of College Ward: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cache Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cache Concrete Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Chugg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1960
Chugg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highway Department Pit No 3024Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highway Dept 3018Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept No 3023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept No 3025Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cache County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names College Ward in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCollege Ward$30,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees throughout the Cache Valley, including near the cities of Logan and Cornish.

Every storm recorded in Cache 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
Holt1.7 miles17
Nibley2.5 miles17
Greens Corner2.7 miles17
Millville3.0 miles17
Hyrum3.3 miles17
Wellsville3.9 miles17
Providence3.9 miles17
River Heights4.4 miles17

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 College WardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16890545The 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 1439893. 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.