Farmington Hills, 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 Rudd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.
On record in Farmington Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 15 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Farmington Tithing Officelisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
George Quincy Knowlton Houselisted 1995 · 0.4 miles away
Lagoon Flying Scooterlisted 2012 · 0.6 miles away
Richards Houselisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
Taylor, John W., Janet (Nettie), and May Rich, Houselisted 1997 · 0.7 miles away
Lagoon Carousellisted 2012 · 0.7 miles away
Lagoon Roller Coasterlisted 2012 · 0.7 miles away
Hector C. Haight Houselisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
James D. Wilcox Houselisted 1985 · 1.0 miles away- Elias and Mary Ann Van Fleet Houselisted 2025 · 0.5 miles away
- Leonard-Taylor Houselisted 2023 · 0.6 miles away
- Elias and Lucy Van Fleet Houselisted 2025 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Farmington Hills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,591 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | ROCK RING |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FRUIT |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARMINGTON BAY |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FARMINGTON FLAT |
| 16 September 2019 | Natural | 365 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FRANCIS |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MILLER CREEK |
| 13 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CAMPFIRE #3 |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | 8.5 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | COMPTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Farmington Hills: 11 prospects, 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Boy | Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky Boy Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Morning Star Claims Group | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Bountiful Peak Campground Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Morris Creek East Prospects | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nance and Fanning | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Nance and Fanning Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Upper Baer Canyon Workings | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Farmington-Centerville Freeway Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Mountain Road Gravel Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Heights | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Stoney Brook | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Quail Run | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Quail Cove | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Farmington Heights | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Farmington Orchards | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Woodridge Twin Homes | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Moon Park | 0.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1454114. 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.








