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Hob Hill, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84037. It lies near Webb Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kaysville quadrangle.

Hob Hill within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Hob Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,421 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined14
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERNWOOD
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSNOW CREEK
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRUIT
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDANIELS CANYON
5 September 2002Debris and open burning100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMINGTON BAY
23 September 1992Natural1.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined128 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSNOQUALMIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hob Hill: 13 prospects, 8 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Hobbs Reservoir Talc LocalityTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceUnknown
UnknownTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Morris Creek East ProspectsCopperOccurrenceVein
Nance and FanningCopperOccurrence
Nance and Fanning ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Upper Baer Canyon WorkingsCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite
Mountain Road Gravel Pit.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Brook Haven0.1 miles13
Lake Hills0.3 miles13
Grand Oaks0.4 miles13
Abrams Way0.5 miles13
Oak Lane Heights0.5 miles13
Peach Tree0.5 miles13
Quail Ridge0.5 miles13
Leedot Heights0.5 miles13

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 Q122555267The 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 1453993. 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.