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Rukavina, 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.

Rukavina within Weber County

On record in Rukavina

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 2 records

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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Rukavina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,178 acres in total. 21 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/undetermined46
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Rukavina: 25 prospects, 11 past producers, 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 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
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #06002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

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
Harris0.1 miles14
Saunders0.1 miles14
Harbertson0.2 miles14
Belnap Addition0.3 miles14
Langford0.3 miles14
Wade Park0.3 miles14
Florence Park Addition0.3 miles14
Madison Square Addition0.4 miles14

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 Q122554496The 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 1453142. 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.