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.
Population over time
2 figuresFarr 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,928 | |
| 2020 | 7,691 | +1,763 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Promontory Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PIONEER ASSIST |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 12TH STREET |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 4000 N |
| 28 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JET WAY |
| 27 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | N. OGDEN |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HAROLD CRANE UPLAND |
| 23 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTH VIEW |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIVER BOTTOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pits and Borrow Pits | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harrisville Brick Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Harrisville Brick Plant Deposit | Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Wasatch Iron | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| Clay Pits & Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Pleasant View Clay Pits and Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Dereice Balls Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parcell and Cragun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farr West | $50,000 | A 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". |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Property | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Allen Taylor | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Randall Acres | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Harrisville Heights | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Valley West Estates Numbe Two | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| King Place | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Acres | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Country Place | 1.5 miles | 12 |
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 West | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482381 | The 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.







