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Farr West, Utah

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Weber census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84404. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plain City quadrangle. 7,691 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,265 feet above sea level.

Farr West within Weber County

Population over time

2 figures

Farr West grew from 5,928 to 7,691 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20105,928
20207,691+1,763 (+30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Farr West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 755 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Debris and open burning4.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPIONEER ASSIST
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands12TH STREET
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4000 N
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJET WAY
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsN. OGDEN
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeHAROLD CRANE UPLAND
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH VIEW
21 September 2013Debris and open burning10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRIVER BOTTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Farr West: 16 prospects, 14 producers, 8 past producers, 2 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clay Pits and Borrow PitsClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harrisville Brick DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Harrisville Brick Plant DepositBrick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Wasatch IronIronOccurrenceHematite
Clay Pits & Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerMetamorphic
Pleasant View Clay Pits and Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
UnnamedClayOccurrence
Dereice Balls Sand and Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parcell and Cragun PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Weber County

Storms near this place

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farr West in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993Thunderstorm WindFarr West$50,000A cold front moved into northwest Utah during the late afternoon and early evening hours. The cold front produced thunderstorms as it moved through the area. Some of these thunderstorms produced damaging winds and even a tornado. The high winds reduced visibilities due to blowing dust and salt. In Genola, the wind blew down a newly constructed fence, several trees, and tore a roof off a small barn. The high winds along the Wasatch Front downed many power lines. A microburst damaged a greenhouse in a nursery and garden center in Farr West. Debris from the greenhouse then flattened the shrubs and bedding plants inside. The owner estimated the damage at $30,000 to $40,000. Several houses close to this area also had some wind damage in their yards. One of these thunderstorms produced a tornado. Erda is five miles north of Tooele. The tornado first tore off the top of an electric pole then moved into a drive-in theater. It totally destroyed the movie screen. The tornado then tipped a mobile home over before it moved into an open field, and went back into the clouds. A few windows on the mobile home were broken. The movie screen was worth $50,000, and will have to be replaced. Many objects including a small camper shell, trash barrels, and a wood pile were only blown a short distance or not even disturbed. The mobile home was located behind a not so sturdy metal building. That building was not damaged. Trees surrounding a nearby house were also not damaged. This event was witnessed by a woman who lived next to the drive-in. The woman said, "That she saw the screen being twisted in a whirling motion".

Every storm 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
West Property0.4 miles12
Allen Taylor0.4 miles12
Randall Acres0.5 miles12
Harrisville Heights1.3 miles12
Valley West Estates Numbe Two1.4 miles12
King Place1.5 miles12
Jackson Acres1.5 miles12
Country Place1.5 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on Farr WestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482381The 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 1441012. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.