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Charleston, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Heber City West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84032. It stands on Daniels Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle. 436 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,440 feet above sea level.

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Charleston within Wasatch County

On record in Charleston

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 22 shown

Every surveyed structure in Wasatch County

Population over time

2 figures

Charleston grew from 415 to 436 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
2010415
2020436+21 (+5%)

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.

Photographs

4 photographs,

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.

Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Barn, 230 feet/262° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Barn, 230 feet/262° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal-Tractor Shed, 627 feet/272° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal-Tractor Shed, 627 feet/272° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Deer Creek Dam, Spanning the Provo River at the intersection of U.S. Highway 189 & Deer Creek Reservoir, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Deer Creek Dam, Spanning the Provo River at the intersection of U.S. Highway 189 & Deer Creek Reservoir, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed, 614 feet/276° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed, 614 feet/276° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Charleston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,004 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined60
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural16
Fireworks14
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSWEAT
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHEBER ASSIST 2
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSMITH FIRE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWALLBURG 1/2 MILE 189
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEER CREEK RAINBOW BAY
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMIDWAY 6TH SO.
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE SPOT
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyBWALLOW1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasatch County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Charleston: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, High Calcium. 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
Limestone Borrow Pit.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Midway Hot PotGeothermalUnknown
Midway Tufa QuarriesLimestone, High CalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Big Hollow Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerQuartzite
Charleston Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone, Quartzite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Heber City Borrow Pit. #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Heber City Borrow Pit. #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ut Dept of Hwys No 26017Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wasatch County

Storms near this place

14 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charleston in 14 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 14 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph at 6:30 pm MST as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. A following peak wind gust of 60 mph was subsequently recorded at 6:40 pm MST.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam 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 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam 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.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-Mesonet station UTCHL at US-189 at Charleston recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam mesonet station recorded an initial peak gust of 74 mph at 6:10 pm MST, and an additional strong gust of 59 mph at 6:20 pm MST. These gusts were a result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek Dam mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 84 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCharleston-A thunderstorm and associated outflow resulted in a wind gust of 71 mph being measured at the US-189 Deer Creek Dam mesonet station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCharleston-A thunderstorm and associated outflow resulted in a wind gust of 59 mph being measured by the US-189 Deer Creek Dam mesonet station.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCharleston-A peak wind gust of 65 mph was recorded by the U.S. Highway 189 at Deer Creek Dam sensor.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The Deer Creek Dam automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 69 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The sensor at US-189 at Deer Creek Dam reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindCharleston-The US-189 at Deer Creek sensor reported a 59 mph wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Wasatch 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
Daniel2.9 miles21
Midway3.2 miles26
Mountain Spa4.0 miles26
Heber City4.1 miles26
Mound City4.2 miles26
Interlaken5.2 miles26
Wallsburg6.0 miles21
Center Creek6.0 miles22

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 CharlestonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483478The 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 1426539. 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.