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Elk Ridge, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Spanish Fork-Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84651. It lies near Broad Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Fork quadrangle. 4,687 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,354 feet above sea level.

Elk Ridge within Utah County

Population over time

2 figures

Elk Ridge grew from 2,436 to 4,687 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
20102,436
20204,687+2,251 (+92%)

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.

Fires near this place

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Elk Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,974 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined104
Debris and open burning25
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8660 S.
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsI-15, MM251
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYDRO
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBENNIE CREEK
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeP MOUNTAIN
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALEM CANAL FIRE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRAIL
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSANTIQUIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Elk Ridge: 16 past producers, 15 occurrences, 11 producers, 3 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Lead. 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
Brownstone AditCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Castilla Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
El Dorado MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Eldorado No. 1 & Eldorado No. 2 GroupSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrence1959
Elsie Jane DriftLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena
Golden Relief ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Midnight Claim GroupIron, LeadOccurrenceUnderground
Bullock MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena
Eldorado No 1 and No 2 GroupZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Jewel No 9Zinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Woodland Hills1.5 miles21
Salem2.9 miles21
Payson3.7 miles21
Spring Lake3.7 miles21
Lewis5.3 miles21
Leland6.1 miles21
Santaquin6.3 miles19
Benjamin6.7 miles21

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 Elk RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483282The 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 1455857. 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.