Elwood, Utah
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Tremonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84337. The Survey maps it on the Tremonton quadrangle. 1,173 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,298 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElwood grew from 1,034 to 1,173 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 | 1,034 | |
| 2020 | 1,173 | +139 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Elwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,608 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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 | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bear River Area | JUMP |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BENNETTS |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PETERSON FIRE |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WASHAKIE |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KEITH FRIDAL |
| 20 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 378 |
| 20 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 8000 |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BARBRA NELSON |
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 Elwood: 11 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Madsens Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Buchanan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Buchanan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ellis, Bingham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ellis,Bingham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Jensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Jensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| M. Gardner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| M.Gardner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elwood in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Hail | Elwood | - | One inch diameter hail was reported at Tremonton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tremonton | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Deweyville | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Madsen | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cropley | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crystal Springs | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Garland | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bradford | 4.2 miles | 9 |
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 Elwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2890560 | 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 1427809. 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.




