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Oxford Place, 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 84405. It stands on Burch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ogden quadrangle.

Oxford Place 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Oxford Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,488 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2

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 2017Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands5145 AIRPORT RD
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEBER RIVER
9 September 2007Natural2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWEBER STATE
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined619 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsUINTAH
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
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM339 I-15
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOCTAGON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Oxford Place: 24 prospects, 9 producers, 8 past producers, 4 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Clarence Waterfall Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ideal Rock Products South Weber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Weber Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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
Tibbitts0.2 miles14
Hillside Manor0.3 miles14
Country Club Acres0.3 miles14
Stein0.4 miles14
Highland View0.5 miles14
Adamdell0.5 miles14
Washington Terrace0.5 miles14
Wright Hills0.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453187. 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.