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Cottonwood Heights, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ogden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84414. It lies near Ridge Canyon. The Survey maps it on the North Ogden quadrangle.

Cottonwood Heights within Weber County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 19 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/undetermined51
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
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
7 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOLD SPRINGS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4000 N
30 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSKYLAND
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHOLMES
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsN. OGDEN
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH FORK
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH VIEW
20 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWDER MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Cottonwood Heights: 16 past producers, 13 producers, 11 prospects, 6 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Clay, Uranium. 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
Clay Pits and Borrow PitsClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
EldoradoSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1898
EldoradoLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Harrisville Brick DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Harrisville Brick Plant DepositBrick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Wasatch IronIronOccurrenceHematite
Jenny Joe OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Napoleon-MageraCopper, SilverOccurrenceVein
Santa MarieCopper, SilverProspectVein

Every working recorded in Weber 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
Majestic Heights0.1 miles14
Majestic Heights Ten0.2 miles14
Mountain Estates0.7 miles14
Circle View0.9 miles14
Mountain Shadows1.0 miles14
Skyline Estates1.0 miles14
Mountain Orchard Estates1.1 miles14
Irene1.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453536. 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.