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Alpine, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84004. It lies near Fort Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lehi quadrangle. 10,251 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,951 feet above sea level.

Alpine within Utah County

On record in Alpine

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Alpine grew from 9,555 to 10,251 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20109,555
202010,251+696 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,009 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined53
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK CANYON #2
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTANK CANYON #1
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLONE PEAK
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMAHOGANY
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreTimpanogos Cave National MonumentWESTTOUR
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSOLO # 3
27 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOWBOY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 24 producers, 20 past producers, 8 occurrences. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Brick Clay. 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
Alpine Galena MineLead, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Aqueduct QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerQuartz
Dry Hollow ProspectsIronOccurrenceHematite
M WorkingsSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
Mahogany Mtn. ProspectCalciumOccurrenceReplacement
Upper Box Elder Canyon ProspectZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrenceReplacement
Wadley DepositClayProducer
Wadley PitBrick ClayProducerSurface
Wadley PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Alpine Galena MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 debris flow, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1998LightningAlpine1 hurt, $100,000no account filed
September 2013Debris FlowAlpine$200,000Heavy rain over the Quail Hollow Fire burn scar caused a significant debris flow, with water and mud flowing down into the town of Alpine. About 100 residents were evacuated from their homes due to the imminent flooding. Roads across the area were inundated with mud, and 15 homes were damaged by the water and debris.
September 2002Flash FloodAlpine$200,000no account filed
March 2023FloodAlpine$40,000Heavy rain on the lower elevation snowpack resulted in multiple houses being inundated, with one basement filling with water while occupied. Time estimated.
October 2018Flash FloodAlpine$20,000Heavy rain over the Quail Fire burn scar produced flash flooding, with the basements of two homes in Highland flooded.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAlpine$15,000Broadcast media report of a large uprooted spruce tree with root ball crushing two cars in a driveway. Wind gusts the result of a microburst.
August 2013Debris FlowAlpine$15,000Heavy rain over the Quail Fire burn scar near Alpine resulted in a debris flow and flash flooding. Mud flowed across several streets in Alpine, including Grove Drive, Box Elder Drive, and Moyle Drive. One home was flooded, with mud and water 18 inches deep flowing into the basement. One shopping center in the area also experienced some flooding as the water and mud flowed through town. Mud and debris took multiple days to clean up on many roads and lawns.||Associated with the same thunderstorm, flash flooding occurred along the Dry Creek Trail near American Fork Canyon, stranding two hikers for a couple hours before they could be rescued.
July 2013Debris FlowAlpine$10,000A debris flow occurred on the Quail Fire burn scar near Alpine after heavy rain fell over the area. Flooding impacted a couple of residential yards and a couple of roads across the area, but major impacts to houses were avoided due to mitigation and rerouting of the flood waters.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAlpine-A wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at the Central Wasatch Peaks - West mesonet site.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAlpine-A wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the Central Wasatch Peaks - West mesonet site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAlpine-The DV - Mount Baldy mesonet station recorded a period of strong wind gusts in excess of 58 mph between 4:55 pm MST and 5:15 pm MST, with a peak wind gust of 76 mph recorded at 5:05 pm MST. These were the result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAlpine-The Pleasant Grove RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAlpine-The Pleasant Grove RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 68 mph.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindAlpine-A 69 mph wind gust was recorded at the Pleasant Grove RAWS.
August 2011HailAlpine-A participant of the Cooperative Observer Program, near Alpine, reported hail with a diameter of 0.75 inches.
September 2010HailAlpine-Hail with a diameter of 1 inch was reported by an NWS employee at Ridgeline Elementary School in Highland.

Every storm recorded in Utah 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
Highland0.5 miles21
Cedar Hills2.9 miles21
American Fork5.4 miles21
Lehi5.7 miles21
Pleasant Grove6.5 miles24
Wing6.9 miles20
Mutual Dell7.1 miles24
Silver Lake Summer Home Area7.5 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on AlpineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q115481The 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 1438174. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.