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Orchard 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 84054. It lies near Hooper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lake City North quadrangle.

Orchard Hills within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 453 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined18
Natural7
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2002Natural50 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNHAM
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSMOKE CHASER
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENSIGN PEAK
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENSIGN INCORPORATED
29 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use56 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBOUNTIFUL
24 August 2006Natural7.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCITY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Orchard Hills: 27 producers, 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Geothermal, Limestone, General. 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
Home and Wood PitLimestone, General, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Becks Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Limekiln Gulch North QuarryLimestone, General, IronPast ProducerCalcite, Limonite
Victory Road Lime Pit.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite
Wasatch 8ot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Magnet IronIronProducerReplacement
Spring Gulch QuarryIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A-1 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Hillside Gardens0.2 miles27
Valley Side0.4 miles27
Lakeview Estates0.4 miles27
Valley Side Circle0.4 miles27
Odell Acres0.4 miles27
Highlands0.4 miles27
Sundown0.5 miles27
Hillside Oaks0.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453653. 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.