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Parks, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84015. The Survey maps it on the Roy quadrangle.

Parks within Davis 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Parks between 1993 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined335 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePHRAG
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM339 I-15
8 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSON
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKEITH
30 August 2020Natural7.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOLF ASSIST
29 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROY
9 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsU.P. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Parks: 14 prospects, 4 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 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
South Weber Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #06002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #06009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29006Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

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
William R Patterson0.1 miles14
Valley Park Estates0.4 miles14
Lazy L Estates0.4 miles14
Jackson Orchards0.5 miles14
Muir Meadows0.5 miles14
Clinton0.5 miles14
Mitchell Estates0.5 miles14
Jill0.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1451506. 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.