Rockwood Gardens, Utah
25 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 84014. It stands on Parrish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bountiful Peak quadrangle.
On record in Rockwood Gardens
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 12 of 20 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Duncan, John, Harriet, and Eliza Jennett, Houselisted 1997 · 0.4 miles away
William Capener Houselisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
Thurston-Chase Cabinlisted 1997 · 0.5 miles away
Barnard-Garn-Barber Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
William Henry and Mary Streeper Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Kilbourn-Leak Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Ron's Phillips 66 Service Stationlisted 2018 · 0.7 miles away
Thomas Tingey Houselisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
Thomas and Margaret Brandon Houselisted 1997 · 0.7 miles away
Harris-Tingey Houselisted 1997 · 0.7 miles away
Thomas and Elizabeth Mills Whitaker Houselisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Holland-Smith-Brown Houselisted 1997 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Bountiful Peak quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Bountiful Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Rockwood Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,009 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 6 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 | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LUCKY LYNN |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TELEPHONE POLE |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | FARMINGTON FLAT |
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BUCKLAND 2 |
| 22 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BUCKLAND FLAT |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PARRISH |
| 14 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Rockwood Gardens: 11 occurrences, 8 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Beryllium, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Mining and Development Prospect | Copper, Silver, Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Foulger | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky Boy | Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky L | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Morning Star Claims Group | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Upper Ward Canyon Prospects | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Beryl | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Beryl | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Bountiful Peak Campground Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Se Centerville Canyon Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Estates | 0.1 miles | 25 | |
| Rockwood Estates | 0.1 miles | 25 | |
| Cannon Hills | 0.2 miles | 25 | |
| Sunset Heights | 0.2 miles | 25 | |
| Smith | 0.3 miles | 25 | |
| Orchard View | 0.3 miles | 25 | |
| Chandler | 0.3 miles | 25 | |
| Bonito Verde | 0.3 miles | 24 |
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 Q122563017 | 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 1453704. 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.








