Interim Geologic Map of the North Ogden Quadrangle, Weber and Box Elder Counties, Utah (OFR-774DM)

By:  Adam P. McKean, Emily J. Kleber, Greg N. McDonald, Elizabeth A. Balgord, and W. Adolph Yonkee

Summary: The North Ogden 7.5-minute quadrangle is in the eastern Basin and Range Province in the northern Wasatch Range, Utah. The Wasatch Range forms a high ridge between Ogden Valley to the east and the Great Salt Lake Valley to the west. The west part of the quadrangle includes parts of the cities of North Ogden, Ogden, Harrisville, Pleasant View, and the Business Depot Ogden, an industrial park situated in northwest Ogden. The east part of the quadrangle in Ogden Valley includes part of the community of Liberty.

The surficial geology of the quadrangle consists primarily of alluvial, lacustrine colluvial, mass-movement, glacial, and marsh deposits, whereas the bedrock geology includes Tertiary-age tuffaceous deposits, Paleozoic- and Neoproterozoic-age sedimentary rocks, and Paleoproterozoic- to Mesoproterozoic-age metamorphic rocks. The bedrock in the Wasatch Range is bounded by the north part of the Weber segment and southern part of the Brigham City segment of the Wasatch fault zone. The Wasatch fault zone is a Quaternary-active fault zone with documented Holocene activity.

This new map provides geologic data for a variety of derivative uses, including mapping to identify and delineate potential geologic hazards for UGS geologic hazard maps of the quadrangle.

Other Information:
Published: 2026
Pages: 22
Scale: 1:24,000
Location: North Ogden, Utah
Plates: 2
Media Type: Paper Publication