Old Post Estates, 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 84403. It lies near Beus Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ogden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1955 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Old Post Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,188 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 9 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 | 32 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 5145 AIRPORT RD |
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEBER CANYON 2 |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEBER RIVER |
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WEBER STATE |
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | POWER PLANT |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 619 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | UINTAH |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | AJ CREEK |
| 25 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WEBER STATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Old Post Estates: 25 prospects, 10 past producers, 10 producers, 7 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Talc-Soapstone, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Mawle Mine | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hobbs Reservoir Talc Locality | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Unknown | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Clarence Waterfall Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ideal Rock Products South Weber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parsons South Weber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Valley Estates | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rigde Villa | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Valley Estates | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Oaks | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Creek Estates | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Yorkshire Meadow | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Uintah Village | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Evans Acres | 0.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q122560311 | 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 1453245. 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.






