Ford, Utah
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84337. The Survey maps it on the Bear River City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Bear River City quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bear River City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. 8 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bear River Area | JUMP |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREEN WASTE |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BENNETTS |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PETERSON FIRE |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | HARPERS POND |
| 20 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 378 |
| 20 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 8000 |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BARBRA NELSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ford: 6 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stinking Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Buchanan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Buchanan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Compton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Compton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gardner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gardner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Jensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Legrand Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bradford | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cropley | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bear River City | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Honeyville | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Elwood | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crystal Springs | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Madsen | 5.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1428034. 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.





