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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.

Farmington Hills within Davis County

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.

Every listing in 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

66 since 1993

Regional 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 ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRUIT
5 September 2002Debris and open burning100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMINGTON BAY
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFARMINGTON FLAT
16 September 2019Natural365 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRANCIS
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMILLER CREEK
13 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMPFIRE #3
10 September 2019Natural8.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOMPTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lucky BoyTungsten, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Lucky Boy ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Morning Star Claims GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence
Bountiful Peak Campground ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Morris Creek East ProspectsCopperOccurrenceVein
Nance and FanningCopperOccurrence
Nance and Fanning ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Upper Baer Canyon WorkingsCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite
Farmington-Centerville Freeway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mountain Road Gravel Pit.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated 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
Bayview Heights0.2 miles24
Stoney Brook0.4 miles24
Quail Run0.4 miles24
Quail Cove0.5 miles24
Farmington Heights0.5 miles24
Farmington Orchards0.8 miles13
Woodridge Twin Homes0.9 miles13
Moon Park0.9 miles13

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.