Ogden Valley, Utah

Ogden Valley is a high mountain valley in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,855 at the 2010 census.[3] Planning in the valley is managed by a special county-level planning division, the Ogden Valley Planning Commission.[4] The valley is a popular vacation and tourism destination with three ski resorts, Pineview Reservoir, Causey Reservoir, and national forest lands.[5]

Ogden Valley
CCD
Upper Cold Canyon in Ogden Valley, Utah
Coordinates: 41°20′33″N 111°51′54″W
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyWeber
Explored by the Hudson's Bay Company[1]May 16, 1825 [1]
Named forPeter Skene Ogden
Elevation
5,135 ft (1,565 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total6,855 [2]
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
84310, 84317
Area code(s)385, 801
GNIS feature ID2584770

The Valley has three towns: Eden, Huntsville, and Liberty. Only Huntsville is incorporated as a town. Eden and Liberty are census-designated places. Eden and Liberty share a post office. The Valley has one local newspaper, Ogden Valley News.[6] Several nonprofit organizations serve Ogden Valley. The Ogden Valley Land Trust preserves open space through conservation easements.[7] The Community Foundation of Ogden Valley distributes funds to charities and causes that help Ogden Valley's community interests.[8] The Ogden Valley Emergency Response Team is a nonprofit emergency preparedness organization that "focuses on public education and awareness to help increase the emergency preparedness".[9][10] Local businesses are represented by the Ogden Valley Business Association.[11]

As of 2020, the Valley has eight churches, a grocery store, two post offices, three gas stations, an elementary school, and a junior high school. The county uses a master plan, published in 2016, as a guide for development.[12] The Utah Geological Survey studied the water resources of the Valley and published their results in 2019.[13][14][15]

Peter Skene Ogden entered the valley on May 16, 1825[1] with a band of trappers employed by the Hudson's Bay Company.[16] William Kittson was in the group as well and drew a map of the area.[17] They were trapping beaver as part of the company's campaign to eliminate all the furbearing animals between British-controlled territories and U.S. territory in order to keep American fur hunters from entering the Oregon Country.[18] The HBC band left the Valley a few days later, but returned on May 25 after American trappers drove them away from Mountain Green at Deserter Point.[19][20] In 1849 Captain Howard Stansbury of the U.S. Army explored the valley during an expedition to Northern Utah with Jim Bridger. Stansbury described the area as a "most lovely, broad, open valley" with its "numerous bright little streams of pure running water" a "scene...cheering in the highest degree".[16]

References
  1. "WILLIAM KITTSON'S JOURNAL COVERING PETER SKENE OGDEN'S 1824-1825 SNAKE COUNTRY EXPEDITION" (PDF). Utah. edu. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  2. "Ogden Valley CCD | Place Explorer | Data Commons". datacommons.org.
  3. "Ogden Valley CCD | Place Explorer | Data Commons". datacommons.org.
  4. "Ogden Valley". www.webercountyutah.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  5. Standard-Examiner, TIM VANDENACK. "Ogden Valley's popularity a double-edged sword, testing the patience of some". Standard-Examiner.
  6. "OVN version 1". OVN version 1. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  7. ogdenvalley. "Ogden Valley Land Trust". Ogden Valley Land Trust. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  8. "Community Foundation of Ogden Valley". Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  9. https://www.facebook.com/groups/397660457756792/
  10. https://cfovoverdrive.org/donation/ogden-valley-cert/
  11. https://www.ovba.org/
  12. "Ogden Vally General Plan" (PDF). Wbwer County, Utah. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  13. "Ogden Valley Hydrogeology Study" (PDF). Weber County, Utah. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  14. Standard-Examiner, MEGAN OLSEN. "Recent study finds groundwater quality in Ogden Valley 'excellent,' but vigilance is necessary". Standard-Examiner.
  15. "An In-depth Look at Ogden Valley's Groundwater – Utah Geological Survey". Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  16. Hedges, Andrew H. "When Men and Mountains Meet:Pioneer Life in Utah's Ogden Valley" (PDF). lib.byu.edu. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  17. "Accounts of Peter Skene Ogden's 1824-25 Expedition into Utah". user.xmission.com.
  18. Ott, Jennifer Susan (1997). "Clearing the country| A history of the Hudson's Bay Company's fur desert policy". University of Montana. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  19. "William Kittson's Journal Covering Peter Skene Ogden's 1824-1825 Snake Country Expedition". user.xmission.com.
  20. "Mountain Green in 1825". History to Go. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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