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Elta Glen, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Ogden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84067. The Survey maps it on the Roy quadrangle.

Elta Glen 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Elta Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 439 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2017Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands5145 AIRPORT RD
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined335 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePHRAG
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJET WAY
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM339 I-15
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOCTAGON FIRE
14 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEBER RIVER
8 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSON
31 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHOOPER POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Elta Glen: 12 prospects, 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 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
Clarence Waterfall Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
South Weber Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #06002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29006Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29016Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29025Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29026Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

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
Coy0.1 miles14
Carriage Place0.1 miles14
Par Four0.2 miles14
Goodfellow0.2 miles14
Arthur Jones Estate0.2 miles14
Roy West0.3 miles14
Meadowlane0.3 miles14
Jones0.3 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122568227The 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 1453307. 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.