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Cedar Fort, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lehi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84013. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Fort quadrangle. 427 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,085 feet above sea level.

Cedar Fort within Utah County

On record in Cedar Fort

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Cedar Fort grew from 368 to 427 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
2010368
2020427+59 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

What the histories say of this town

1,397 words

1 chapter about Cedar Fort from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful GrowthUtah 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)1,397 words

Fires near this place

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Fort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,332 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILSON
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMANNING
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMANNING 1
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMANNING
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeLONG RIDGE
3 September 2005Natural158 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSEVENTY-THREE
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSCALLY WRONGLER
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONG RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Fort: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gold. 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
Manning Canyon Mine #3Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Silver, IronPast ProducerCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Manning Canyon Prospect #1Mercury, Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony, IronOccurrenceCinnabar, Gold, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Manning Canyon Prospect #2Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Mercury, IronOccurrenceCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar
Mercur Prospect #5Gold, Mercury, Arsenic, Silver, Antimony, IronOccurrenceCinnabar, Limonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
West Fritz ProspectScandium, Vanadium, Gold, Strontium, REEOccurrenceVariscite
Black Diamond ClaimFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Blue BirdFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Black DiamondClayProspectSedimentary

Every working 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
Fairfield4.5 miles21
Eagle Mountain5.2 miles21
Clinton9.8 miles22
Saratoga Resort10.6 miles22
Saratoga Springs10.7 miles22
Lehi14.2 miles21
Mosida15.9 miles21
American Fork16.7 miles21

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 Cedar FortAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483340The 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 1455091. 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.