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Emery, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Emery-Ferron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84522. The Survey maps it on the Emery East quadrangle. 307 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,253 feet above sea level.

Emery within Emery County

On record in Emery

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 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Emery grew from 288 to 307 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
2010288
2020307+19 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

6 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.

Huntington Creek Bridge, Spanning Huntington Creek at State Route 10, Huntington, Emery County, UT
Huntington Creek Bridge, Spanning Huntington Creek at State Route 10, Huntington, Emery County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Mounds Bridge, County Road 115 Spanning Price River, 12 miles Northeast of Elmo, Elmo, Emery County, UT
Mounds Bridge, County Road 115 Spanning Price River, 12 miles Northeast of Elmo, Elmo, Emery County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Lower San Rafael River Bridge, County Road 1010 Spanning San Rafael River, 22 miles South of Green River, Green River, Emery County, UT
Lower San Rafael River Bridge, County Road 1010 Spanning San Rafael River, 22 miles South of Green River, Green River, Emery County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
San Rafael Bridge, Spanning San Rafael River near Buckhorn Wash, Castle Dale, Emery County, UT
San Rafael Bridge, Spanning San Rafael River near Buckhorn Wash, Castle Dale, Emery County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Emery Latter-Day Saints Church, Northeast corner of Block 23, Emery, Emery County, UT
Emery Latter-Day Saints Church, Northeast corner of Block 23, Emery, Emery County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Irrigation Water Wheel, Hastings Ranch, Green River, Emery County, UT
Irrigation Water Wheel, Hastings Ranch, Green River, Emery County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Emery between 2013 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
25 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSoutheast AreaLINK CANYON
2 July 2013Natural1.0 acresManti-Lasal National ForestWILDCAT KNOLL
25 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast AreaLINK
11 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSoutheast AreaNORTH EMERY

Every fire recorded in Emery County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Emery: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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
Pacific VenturesUraniumUnknown
UnknownCoal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Muddy Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Muddy Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quitchupah CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quitchupah Creek GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08022Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 08022Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Emery County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emery in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013FloodEmery$150,000Significant flooding impacted Emery County over two days, particularly on the west side of the county. Road damage and high water levels caused multiple highways to close down. State Route 10 closed from Castle Dale to Emery, with many boulders moving onto the road, some as large as cars. State Route 29 closed from mile post 0 to 12, or approximately Orangeville to Joe's Valley Reservoir. State Route 31 was closed multiple times through the event, in part due to multiple debris flows coming off of the Seeley Fire burn scar. In addition to the major routes listed here, many more local roads were closed due to flood waters, including Cottonwood Canyon. Monetary damages to roads were estimated to be approximately $150,000.
July 1997Flash FloodEmery$40,000no account filed
June 2024Flash FloodEmery$1,000Flooding was reported on Interstate 70 between mileposts 96 and 103.
June 2024Flash FloodEmery$1,000Flash flooding was reported in Little Wildhorse Canyon and Bell Canyon. Several camps were impacted by mud and debris washed downstream.
August 2024Flash FloodEmery-Time and location are estimated. A flood wave was observed at the Muddy Creek near Emery gauge, with a rise from around 34 cfs to around 700 cfs between 4:45 and 5 p.m. MDT. This flood wave would have then routed into the warned area between 5 and 6 p.m. MDT.

Every storm recorded in Emery 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
Moore5.9 miles18
Ferron Mill12.7 miles20
Lone Tree Crossing12.7 miles18
Ferron13.3 miles20
Molen14.7 miles19
Clawson16.6 miles19
Castle Dale23.4 miles19
Orangeville23.4 miles19

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 EmeryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482858The 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 1440926. 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.