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Draper, Utah

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84020. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Draper quadrangle. 51,017 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,505 feet above sea level.

Draper within Salt Lake County

On record in Draper

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 12 of 19 shown

Every listing in Salt Lake County

Population over time

2 figures

Draper grew from 42,274 to 51,017 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
201042,274
202051,017+8,743 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Draper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,285 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined13
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLONE PEAK
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTONYA
19 September 2007Debris and open burning13 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBELLS RESERVOIR
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWOODS LANDING ASSIST
16 September 1992Natural30 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
15 September 2015Natural1.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestENNISS PEAK
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPRESERVE
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSIENNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake 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 Draper: 15 producers, 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Aqueduct QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerQuartz
Crystal Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Dry Hollow ProspectsIronOccurrenceHematite
Rocky Mouth Canyon AditCopper, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrenceVein
Lower Bells Canyon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Maple Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Olivers Siding Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1982
Point of the Mountain Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Salt Lake Valley Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Draper in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 1998LightningDraper1 killed, 2 hurtno account filed
May 1997Flash FloodDraper$1,200,000no account filed
September 2023Flash FloodDraper$15,000A broadcast media story and associated video showed localized basement flooding due to heavy rains in the area. No exact addresses were provided, so the flood area is estimated.
September 2023FloodDraper$15,000A broadcast media story and associated video showed localized basement flooding due to heavy rains in the area. No exact addresses were provided, so the flood area is estimated.
August 1995HailDraper-This thunderstorm dropped golf ball sized hail across portions of Interstate 15. The Utah Highway Patrol reported numerous accidents due to the hail.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDraper-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Salt Lake 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
Riverton Siding2.2 miles24
Crescent2.3 miles24
White City2.8 miles25
Lampton3.1 miles24
Riverton4.0 miles24
Olivers4.2 miles22
South Jordan4.3 miles24
Bluffdale4.7 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 DraperAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482888The 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 1427473. 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.