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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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
- Deer Creek Dam, Access Road, Access road bridge over spillway is 930/344 degrees from Hydroelectric Powerplant (HAER UT-93-B), Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed Ruin, 605 feet/284° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed, 614 feet/276° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal-Tractor Shed, 627 feet/272° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Barn, 230 feet/262° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Brick Residence No. 1, 584 Feet/308° from intersection of camp access road and U.S. Highway 189, 224 feet/180° from Deer Creek, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Brick Residence No. 2, 83 feet/328° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Chicken Coop, 386 feet/300° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Frame Residence, 149 feet/311° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Garage, 162 feet/287° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Pumphouse, 288 feet/289° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Rock Alignment, 413 feet/287° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charlestonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresCharleston 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 415 | |
| 2020 | 436 | +21 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1907 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SWEAT |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HEBER ASSIST 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SMITH FIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WALLBURG 1/2 MILE 189 |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEER CREEK RAINBOW BAY |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MIDWAY 6TH SO. |
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LITTLE SPOT |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uintah and Ouray Agency | BWALLOW1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Borrow Pit. | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Midway Hot Pot | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Midway Tufa Quarries | Limestone, High Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Big Hollow Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Quartzite | |
| Charleston Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone, Quartzite | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Heber City Borrow Pit. #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Heber City Borrow Pit. #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26015 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26017 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | Mesonet station UTCHL at US-189 at Charleston recorded a wind gust of 61 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | A peak wind gust of 65 mph was recorded by the U.S. Highway 189 at Deer Creek Dam sensor. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | The Deer Creek Dam automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 69 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | The sensor at US-189 at Deer Creek Dam reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston | - | The US-189 at Deer Creek sensor reported a 59 mph wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Midway | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Spa | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Heber City | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Mound City | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| Interlaken | 5.2 miles | 26 | |
| Wallsburg | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Center Creek | 6.0 miles | 22 |
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 Charleston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483478 | 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 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.









