Devils Slide, Utah
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Morgan North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It lies near Powder Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Devils Slide quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Devils Slide quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Devils Slide quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Devils Slide quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Devils Slide between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,097 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HILLCLIMB |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SCOTTS NALE |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TOOME |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOUNTAIN GREEN |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HAMS CANYON ASSIST |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWER BUMP |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 185 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HENEFER HORSESHOE |
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SPEED DEMON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Devils Slide: 8 occurrences, 8 producers, 6 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Fork | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Devils Slide Quarry and Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Highway Dept No 15022 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Victoria No. 1 | Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Anderton Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | 1913 | |
| Anderton Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ree's Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite | |
| Rees Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Devil S Slide Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Devil'm Slide Phosphate Locality | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | CHEMICAL SEDIMENT |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Devils Slide in 1 storm report in 2007: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devils Slide | - | The sensor on Ogden Peak measured a wind gust of 55 knots. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Taggarts | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Como Springs | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Morgan | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Richville | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Stoddard | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Porterville | 9.1 miles | 23 | |
| Littleton | 9.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1427379. 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.







