Fairmont, Utah
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ogden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84401. It lies near Cold Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ogden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1955 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Fairmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,032 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WEBER STATE |
| 6 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TAYLOR CANYON |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 59 OGDEN CYN |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LEWIS PEAK |
| 30 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SKYLAND |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | AJ CREEK |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | POWER PLANT |
| 22 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 29TH STREET |
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 Fairmont: 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Geothermal, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Radford Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Radford Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Norman Fluorspar Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1953, 1957 | |
| Norman Fluorspar Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Norman Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Norman Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29004 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29007 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29008 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hermitage | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Carr | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Olympus Heights | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rolling Hills Additions 2-7 | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ogden Canyon Wildwood Estates | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wildwood | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Edgemont | 2.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1440981. 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.






