American Fork, 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 84003. The Survey maps it on the Lehi quadrangle. 33,337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,606 feet above sea level.
On record in American Fork
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 12 of 19 shown
American Fork Cemetery Rock Walllisted 1994
American Fork City Halllisted 1994
American Fork Historic Districtlisted 1998
American Fork Presbyterian Churchlisted 1980
American Fork Second Ward Meetinghouselisted 1992
American Fork Third Ward Meetinghouselisted 2002
Bank of American Forklisted 1993
Delbert and Ora Chipman Houselisted 1995
Henry & Elizabeth Parker Chipman Houselisted 2010
Thomas and Elizabeth Coddington Houselisted 2018
Dunn-Binnall House & Farmsteadlisted 2010
Harrington Elementary Schoollisted 1993
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Chipman Warehouse, Merchant Street, West side, between North Street & Main Street, American Forkfederal building survey, 9 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresAmerican Fork grew from 26,263 to 33,337 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26,263 | |
| 2020 | 33,337 | +7,074 (+27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1951 USGS Lehi quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lehi quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lehi quadrangle1:24000
What the histories say of this town
2,532 words1 chapter about American Fork from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth | Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth and Its Splendid Promise for the Future : Also a Descriptive Review of Its Resources, Attractions, Industries, Leading Business Houses and Institutions, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Early Settlers (1897) | 2,532 words |
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of American Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,119 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUCKWALTER |
| 6 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHIP FIRE |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MAHOGANY |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUCKWALTER #2 |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOLO # 3 |
| 27 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | COWBOY |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of American Fork: 22 producers, 20 past producers, 6 occurrences. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahogany Mtn. Prospect | Calcium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Wadley Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Surface | |
| Mcfarland Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Wadley Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Ellis Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Ellis Mcfarland and Smith Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ellis, Mcfarland & Smith Pits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mcfarland Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Smith Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Wadley Deposit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names American Fork in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Hail | American Fork | $300,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | American Fork | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | American Fork | $10,000 | A small tornado was spotted and recorded by a member of the public. The tornado removed a metal roof from a barn, and did minor damage to trees and other outbuildings in the area. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | - | The American Fork Marina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | - | The American Fork Marina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | American Fork | - | The sensor at American Fork Marina recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph. |
| August 2010 | Hail | American Fork | - | Hail stones ranging in size from 0.75 inches to 1 inch in diameter were reported near Highland. |
| August 1997 | Hail | American Fork | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wing | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lehi | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Cedar Hills | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Hardy | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Lindon | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Highland | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Alpine | 5.4 miles | 21 |
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 American Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q464598 | The 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 1438194. 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.







