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.
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
Centerfield School and Meetinghouselisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresCenterfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,367 | |
| 2020 | 1,341 | -26 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Manti quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE TIJUANA |
| 11 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JOHANSEN CONSTRUCTION |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUGAR FACTORY LANE |
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SANPITCH RIVER |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LUND FIRE |
| 28 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CUFC 16 |
| 24 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DRILL RIG |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HANSEN LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnison Limestone Prospects | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Northern Bentonite Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Bentonite | |
| Gunnison Limestone Prospects | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Gunnison Sec. 5 Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| Mayfield Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Mayfield Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Centerfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Hills Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Centerfield | $100,000 | Heavy 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerfield | - | 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Centerfield | - | Flash flooding was reported in Centerfield, particularly over Clarion Road, with flowing water temporarily making the road impassible. |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Centerfield | - | An F0 tornado was spotted on the ground for a short time over open country 5 miles NNE of Centerfield. |
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.
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 Centerfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482795 | 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 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.






