Clearfield, Utah
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84015. The Survey maps it on the Clearfield quadrangle. 31,909 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,465 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresClearfield grew from 30,112 to 31,909 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 | 30,112 | |
| 2020 | 31,909 | +1,797 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Promontory Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Clearfield between 1993 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 3 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 5145 AIRPORT RD |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEBER RIVER |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | DANIELS CANYON |
| 23 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MM339 I-15 |
| 31 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KEITH |
| 30 August 2020 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GOLF ASSIST |
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KAYS CREEK TRAILHEAD |
| 9 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | U.P. FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Clearfield: 9 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Waterfall Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| South Weber Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #06002 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clearfield in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | 1 killed, $1,000 | Strong thunderstorms and associated outflow winds moved through the area during the early evening. At approximately 6:18 pm MST, a witness saw a tree fall onto a 68-year-old bicyclist riding along the Denver and Rio Grande Western Rail paved multiuse trail. Law enforcement arrived on scene, finding the woman unconscious and pinned beneath the felled 40 to 50 ft tree. After being removed, life saving measures were preformed and she was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, where she later died from her injuries. The nearest observation in the area is from Hill AFB, which measured a gust of 67 mph at 6:26 pm MST. Other supporting wind gusts are noted from these strong storms in the area. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | $300,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Clearfield | $15,000 | A social media photo showed one inch diamter hail in Clearfield. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | $5,000 | Strong winds from a dry microburst knocked over a section of fence and caused damage to large tree limbs in Clearfield. In addition, a 64 mph wind gust was recorded at Hill Air Force Base. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Clearfield | - | One inch diameter hail was reported near Clearfield. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Clearfield | - | A spotter in Clearfield, Utah reported 0.75 inch diameter hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearfield Heights | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeview | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Al Vita Park | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Village | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Yorkshire Place | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Central Park Addition | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grandview Acres | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Hill | 0.6 miles | 12 |
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 Clearfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483715 | 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 1439799. 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.







