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Wolf Star, 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 Heinz Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Wolf Star 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,665 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGEERTSEN PEAK
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY BASIN
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMIDDLE INLET PICNIC
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
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWDER RIDGE
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMINGTON FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Star: 10 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Radford Clay DepositClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Radford Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
East Liberty Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29030Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29037Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #29038Sand 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
Wolf Creek Village0.3 miles12
Wolf Creek0.3 miles12
Patio Springs0.6 miles12
Eden Hills1.2 miles12
Eden Meadows1.6 miles12
North Fork Estates1.9 miles12
Blake Holley2.1 miles12
Robins Roost2.1 miles12

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 Q122570143The 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 1453606. 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.