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Centerfield, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84622. The Survey maps it on the Gunnison quadrangle. 1,341 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,098 feet above sea level.

Centerfield within Sanpete County

On record in Centerfield

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

Centerfield fell from 1,367 to 1,341 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
20101,367
20201,341-26 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Centerfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE TIJUANA
11 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJOHANSEN CONSTRUCTION
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSUGAR FACTORY LANE
7 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSANPITCH RIVER
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLUND FIRE
28 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCUFC 16
24 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRILL RIG
23 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHANSEN LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Centerfield: 21 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite. 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
Gunnison Limestone ProspectsStonePast Producer
Northern Bentonite PitBentonitePast ProducerBentonite
Gunnison Limestone ProspectsStone, DimensionOccurrenceLimestone
Gunnison Sec. 5 QuarryStone, DimensionOccurrenceCalcite
Mayfield Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Mayfield Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Centerfield Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Gravel Hills DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete County

Storms near this place

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerfield in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodCenterfield$100,000Heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding in the cities of Gunnison and Centerfield, with an approximate total of 30 homes and businesses sustaining some damage from the flood waters. About another 100 homes experienced yard flooding. Most damaged homes had minor damage to basements or lower levels. In addition, portions of the Gunnison Market grocery store were flooded, and some of the inventory was damaged.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCenterfield-The Centerfield 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.
July 2017Flash FloodCenterfield-Flash flooding was reported in Centerfield, particularly over Clarion Road, with flowing water temporarily making the road impassible.
September 2002Tornado (F0)Centerfield-An F0 tornado was spotted on the ground for a short time over open country 5 miles NNE of Centerfield.

Every storm recorded in Sanpete 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
Spearmint1.2 miles15
Gunnison2.1 miles15
Christianburg4.2 miles15
Axtell4.8 miles15
Mayfield5.8 miles16
Fayette7.2 miles15
Sterling8.2 miles16
Manti13.8 miles15

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 CenterfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482795The 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 1426506. 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.