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Mountain Crest, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ogden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84404. It lies near Jumpoff Canyon. The Survey maps it on the North Ogden quadrangle.

Mountain Crest within Weber County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,163 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 14 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
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor35 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTAYLOR CANYON
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest59 OGDEN CYN
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLEWIS PEAK
30 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSKYLAND
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestAJ CREEK
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
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Crest: 15 prospects, 5 producers, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
Harrisville Brick DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Harrisville Brick Plant DepositBrick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jenny Joe OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Kathy Ann ClaimUraniumUnknown
Ogden Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Norman Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953, 1957
Norman Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Norman MineFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Norman MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953
Dereice Balls Sand and Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Jumpoff Canyon0.1 miles14
Packer Place0.1 miles14
Cliff Heights0.2 miles14
El Rancho Ogden Addition0.2 miles14
Tamarack0.3 miles14
Avalon Hills0.3 miles14
East Ridge0.4 miles14
Majestic View Homes0.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453376. 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.