Mountain Valley Meadows, Utah
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ogden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84317. It stands on Bally Watts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Browns Hole quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Browns Hole quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Browns Hole quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Browns Hole quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Valley Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,910 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOON FIRE |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MIDDLE INLET PICNIC |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARMINGTON FLAT |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | POWER PLANT |
| 22 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COLA FIRE |
| 21 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WHEELER CREEK |
| 2 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MAGPIE |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MIDDLE FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Valley Meadows: 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Radford Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Phosphate Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29030 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29036 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29037 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29038 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29046 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Ranchettes | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Huntsville | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Huntsville Hollow | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Casey Acres | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Lake Estates | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Middle Fork Ranches | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Minnie Creek Estates | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine View West | 4.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122541752 | 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 1453590. 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.






