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West Kaysville, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84037. It stands on North Fork Holmes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kaysville quadrangle.

West Kaysville within Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of West Kaysville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 762 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Fireworks4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRUIT
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDANIELS CANYON
5 September 2002Debris and open burning100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMINGTON BAY
16 September 2019Natural365 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFRANCIS
14 September 2010Natural30 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePHRAG
10 September 2019Natural8.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOMPTON
17 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKAYS CREEK TRAILHEAD
12 August 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPHRAG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of West Kaysville: 9 prospects, 5 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Upper Baer Canyon WorkingsCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite
Mountain Road Gravel Pit.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit 06015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 06001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 06012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 06013Sand 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
Island View Acres0.2 miles13
Phillips0.4 miles13
Barnes Estates0.7 miles13
Eastview0.9 miles13
King Farm Estates0.9 miles13
Hodson Estates1.0 miles13
Brookhurst1.1 miles13
Chantilly Square1.1 miles13

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 Q122555758The 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 1447163. 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.