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Farmington Bay, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84025. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.

Farmington Bay within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Farmington Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,874 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony22
Fireworks11
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestROCK RING
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFARMINGTON FLAT
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND 2
16 September 2019Natural365 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRANCIS
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMILLER CREEK
13 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMPFIRE #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Farmington Bay: 9 prospects, 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Buckland Mining and Development ProspectCopper, Silver, IronOccurrenceVein
Lucky BoyTungsten, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Lucky Boy ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Morning Star Claims GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence
Bountiful Peak Campground ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Morris Creek East ProspectsCopperOccurrenceVein
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Alvie's Concrete IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Farmington-Centerville Freeway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Davis 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
Cave Hollow0.1 miles24
Elliot Estates0.2 miles24
Country Hills of Farmington0.3 miles24
Hillside Meadow0.3 miles24
Aegean Village0.4 miles24
Mountainside0.4 miles24
Lakeview Hills0.7 miles24
Continental Estates0.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1454112. 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.