Brigham City, Utah
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brigham City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84302. It lies near Bott Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Brigham City quadrangle. 19,650 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,436 feet above sea level.
On record in Brigham City
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 27 shown
George and Mabel Anderson Houselisted 2014
Martin Anderson Houselisted 2003
Box Elder County Courthouselisted 1988
Box Elder Flouring Milllisted 1990
Box Elder Stake Tabernaclelisted 1971
Brigham City Carnegie Librarylisted 1984
Brigham City Fire Station/City Halllisted 1988
Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association Mercantile Storelisted 1990
Alma Compton Houselisted 1988
Elberta Theatrelisted 1991
Peter and Anna Christena Forsgren Houselisted 2003
Granary of the Relief Societylisted 1990
Every listing in Box Elder County
Surveyed buildings and structures 6 records
- Golden Spike, Monument, State or County Road 504, Brigham Cityfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Golden Spike, Visitor Center, State or County Road 504, Brigham Cityfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Lorenzo Snow House, Forest Street at First West Street, Brigham Cityfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Mercantile & Manufacturing Association Tannery, First East Street, Brigham Cityfederal building survey, 7 photographs
- Roxy Theatre, 106 South Main Street, Brigham Cityfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham Cityfederal building survey, 44 photographs
Population over time
8 figuresBrigham City grew from 975 to 19,650 between 1860 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 975 | |
| 1870 | 1,315 | +340 (+35%) |
| 1880 | 1,877 | +562 (+43%) |
| 1890 | 2,139 | +262 (+14%) |
| 1900 | 2,989 | +850 (+40%) |
| 1910 | 3,887 | +898 (+30%) |
| 2010 | 17,899 | |
| 2020 | 19,650 | +1,751 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Brigham City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 809 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 5 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COMANCHE |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD RESERVIOR |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EIGHTY NINE FIRE |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | US FISH & WILDLIFE |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MANTUA WEST |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CORINNE FISHING HOLE |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EXPLORER FIRE |
| 21 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge | WELDER |
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 Brigham City: 30 past producers, 14 producers, 4 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Baker Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Copper Blossom | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Copper Blossom | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Lake Antimony | Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Dry Lake Antimony | Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Homber Mines | Graphite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Lead, Malachite, Schist | |
| Homber Mines | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Eagle | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Silver Eagle | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brigham City in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Hail | Brigham City | $24,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brigham City | $1,500 | A carport was blown down in Brigham City. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Brigham City | - | Hail with a diameter of one inch was reported in Brigham City. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brigham City | - | Mesonet |
| May 1995 | Hail | Brigham City | - | A severe thunderstorm put down hail up to one inch in diameter at the Thiokol plant. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brigham City | - | Microburst thunderstorm winds did minor damage in Wendover as shingles were blown off the Port of Entry building. In Brigham City, several trees were blown down. |
| April 2005 | Heavy Rain | Brigham City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mantua | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Corinne | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Willard | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bear River City | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Honeyville | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Nerva | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| South Willard | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Brigham City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482976 | 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 1439109. 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.






