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Prospect Heights, 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 Strongs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ogden quadrangle.

Prospect Heights within Weber County

On record in Prospect Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Prospect Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,224 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined44
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony13
Fireworks9
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor35 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTAYLOR CANYON
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined619 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsUINTAH
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest59 OGDEN CYN
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Prospect Heights: 24 prospects, 11 past producers, 7 producers, 5 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Geothermal. 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
Ogden Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Norman Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953, 1957
Norman Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Norman MineFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Norman MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953
Clarence Waterfall Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dereice Balls Sand and Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
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
El-May Park Addition0.1 miles14
Monte Vista0.1 miles14
Bel-Mar Acres0.1 miles14
Raymond Shupe Park Addition0.2 miles14
Grandview Acres0.3 miles14
Emerson Addition0.3 miles14
Stephens0.3 miles14
Harbertson0.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453131. 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.