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Willow Creek, Utah

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ogden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84310. It lies near Broadmouth Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Willow Creek within Weber County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Willow Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,999 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWERLINE ROAD
7 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOLD SPRINGS
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsELK FIRE
30 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSKYLAND
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH FORK
26 September 1992Debris and open burning2.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresBear River AreaVALLEY
20 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWDER MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Willow Creek: 12 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium. 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
Jenny Joe OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Kathy Ann ClaimUraniumUnknown
East Liberty Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29024Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29039Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29040Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29041Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29042Sand 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
Liberty Bell Ranchettes0.3 miles12
North Fork Estates1.2 miles12
Liberty1.5 miles12
Cobble Creek Park1.9 miles14
Liberty Meadows2.1 miles12
Spring Mountain Ranchettes2.4 miles14
Wolf Creek2.5 miles12
Patio Springs2.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453612. 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.