Causey is a 142-acre (0.57 km2) surface area reservoir on the South Fork of the Ogden River.

Causey Dam was constructed between 1962 and 1966 by the Bureau of Reclamation to provide water to the northern Wasatch front area of Utah.

The body of the cliff diver was found the next day at approximately 11 a.m.[5] On September 1, 2007, an 18-year-old exchange student drowned while swimming across a narrow part of the reservoir.

[6] In August 1989, an airman from Hill Air Force Base drowned while swimming to a popular cliff jumping location.

[8] In July 1976, a 23 year old Salt Lake City Man drowned in Causey Reservoir near Lookout Point.