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Willowcreek, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Weber census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84404. The Survey maps it on the North Ogden quadrangle.

Willowcreek within Weber County

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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Willowcreek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,087 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning18
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 2019Debris and open burning4.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPIONEER ASSIST
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands12TH STREET
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4000 N
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLEWIS PEAK
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJET WAY
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsN. OGDEN
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH VIEW
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOCTAGON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Willowcreek: 18 prospects, 12 producers, 11 past producers, 4 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clay Pits and Borrow PitsClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harrisville Brick DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Harrisville Brick Plant DepositBrick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jenny Joe OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Kathy Ann ClaimUraniumUnknown
Utah Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Wasatch IronIronOccurrenceHematite
Clay Pits & Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerMetamorphic
Pleasant View Clay Pits and Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
UnnamedClayOccurrence

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
Harrisville Heights0.5 miles12
Hunting Creek0.7 miles14
Harrisville0.7 miles14
Fairway Park0.8 miles14
Misty Meadows0.9 miles14
Lexington Square0.9 miles14
King Place0.9 miles12
Ye Olde Farm1.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1453392. 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.