Hillwest, 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 84087. It stands on Stone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle.
On record in Hillwest
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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Porter, Nathan and Rebecca Cherry and Eliza Ford, Farmsteadlisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Nathan T. and Anna Porter Houselisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
Franklin and Amelia Walton Houselisted 1997 · 0.8 miles away
Rich-Steeper Houselisted 1997 · 0.9 miles away
Mills-Hancock Houselisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away- West Bountiful Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.8 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
61 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Hillwest between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,227 acres in total. 4 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 | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BUCKLAND 2 |
| 2 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BURNHAM |
| 16 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BUCKLAND FLAT |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PARRISH |
| 14 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WARD |
| 14 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SMOKE CHASER |
| 13 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CAMPFIRE #1 |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | OVERLOOK |
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 Hillwest: 6 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Mining and Development Prospect | Copper, Silver, Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Beryl | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Beryl | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Se Centerville Canyon Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Sw Centerville Canyon Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Alvie's Concrete Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Farmington-Centerville Freeway Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| North Canyon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 06022 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 06023 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susie Ranch | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Golden West | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Charnell | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Casa Verde Estates | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Valencia | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Gold | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Birdland | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Placid Cove | 0.6 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122588484 | 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 1454068. 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.








