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.
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
Emery LDS Churchlisted 1980
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Emery Latter-Day Saints Church, Northeast corner of Block 23, Emeryfederal building survey, 5 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresEmery 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 288 | |
| 2020 | 307 | +19 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1885 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Emery East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Emery East quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
4 since 2013Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southeast Area | LINK CANYON |
| 2 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Manti-Lasal National Forest | WILDCAT KNOLL |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Area | LINK |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southeast Area | NORTH EMERY |
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Ventures | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Muddy Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Muddy Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quitchupah Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quitchupah Creek Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08022 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 08022 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flood | Emery | $150,000 | Significant 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Emery | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Emery | $1,000 | Flooding was reported on Interstate 70 between mileposts 96 and 103. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Emery | $1,000 | Flash flooding was reported in Little Wildhorse Canyon and Bell Canyon. Several camps were impacted by mud and debris washed downstream. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Emery | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ferron Mill | 12.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lone Tree Crossing | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ferron | 13.3 miles | 20 | |
| Molen | 14.7 miles | 19 | |
| Clawson | 16.6 miles | 19 | |
| Castle Dale | 23.4 miles | 19 | |
| Orangeville | 23.4 miles | 19 |
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 Emery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482858 | 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 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.







