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Oak Hills, Utah

27 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 84010. It lies near North Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle.

Oak Hills within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

67 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,467 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined22
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2005Natural4.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestU FIRE
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLUCKY LYNN
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTELEPHONE POLE
5 September 2002Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND 2
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
16 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBUCKLAND FLAT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPARRISH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hills: 26 producers, 11 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Copper, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
FoulgerQuartzOccurrence
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rotary Park ProspectsIronOccurrenceReplacement
Sessions Mountains ProspectLead, SilverOccurrenceVein
Upper Ward Canyon ProspectsCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
BerylBerylliumOccurrence
Se Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Sw Centerville Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceMalachite

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
Rainbow Hills0.1 miles27
Oakhaven Park0.2 miles27
Panorama Acres0.2 miles27
Orchard Place0.2 miles27
Mar Vista0.2 miles27
Pleasant0.2 miles27
Maple Springs0.3 miles27
Mueller Heights0.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453855. 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.