Ephraim, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Ephraim-Manti census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84627. It lies near Cane Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ephraim quadrangle. 5,611 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,541 feet above sea level.
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On record in Ephraim
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 21 shown
Claus P. Andersen Houselisted 1983
Lars S. Andersen Houselisted 1983
Niels Ole Anderson Houselisted 1978
John Dorius Jr. Houselisted 1985
Ephraim Carnegie Librarylisted 1984
Ephraim United Order Cooperative Buildinglisted 1973
Greaves-Deakin Houselisted 1980
Hans A. Hansen Houselisted 1980
Rasmus Jensen Houselisted 1983
Johnson-Nielson Houselisted 1982
Oluf Larsen Houselisted 1983
Larsen-Noyes Houselisted 1978
Every listing in Sanpete County
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Canute Peterson House, 10 North Main Street, Ephraimfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Ephraim United Order Mercantile Institution, Main & First North Streets, Ephraimfederal building survey, 6 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresEphraim fell from 6,135 to 5,611 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 | 6,135 | |
| 2020 | 5,611 | -524 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ephraim quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Manti quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Ephraim quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 10 photographs shown, 2022Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Sanpete County
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ephraim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 13 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 | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | E FIRE |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | KEEBLER |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLOW CREEK |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BULL |
| 14 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | NEW CANYON |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLOW CREEK ROAD |
| 12 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | WILLOW CREEK |
| 11 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JORGENSEN STUBBLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Ephraim: 26 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hill Limestone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Black Hill Limestone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Little Pigeon Hollow Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Little Pigeon Hollow Ls.Quarry No.1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #2 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #3 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.3 | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ephraim in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephraim | - | A peak wind gust of 72 mph was recorded by the Joe's Valley RAWS. |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Ephraim | - | A small tornado (F0) was observed just west of Ephraim in Sanpete County. The tornado moved slowly to the northeast over open country before dissipating. This tornado remained on the ground for only a few seconds, but the funnel cloud was visible for about 10 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Ephraim | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pigeon Hollow Junction | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Manti | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Manti Canyon Summer Homes | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wales | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Spring City | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Moroni | 11.4 miles | 18 |
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 Ephraim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482749 | 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 1440944. 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.







