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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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Ephraim within Sanpete County

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

Every listing in Sanpete County

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ephraim 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,135
20205,611-524 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

8 of 10 photographs shown, 2022

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.

Winter scene in central Utah's Sanpete Valley, between Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant
Winter scene in central Utah's Sanpete Valley, between Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
A cabin past its prime in central Utah's Sanpete Valley, between Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant
A cabin past its prime in central Utah's Sanpete Valley, between Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Noyes Hall, the main administration building at Snow College in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
Noyes Hall, the main administration building at Snow College in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The 1897 brick Queen Anne-style John Dorius Jr. House, named after a prominent local business leader in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
The 1897 brick Queen Anne-style John Dorius Jr. House, named after a prominent local business leader in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The main public library in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
The main public library in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
A vintage automobile displayed above a downtown building (also vintage) in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
A vintage automobile displayed above a downtown building (also vintage) in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
A provocative billboard in central Utah's Sanpete Valley, between Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant
A provocative billboard in central Utah's Sanpete Valley, between Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The Johnson-Neilson House, completed in 1895 in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
The Johnson-Neilson House, completed in 1895 in the city of Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum) in Utah's Sanpete Valley, sometimes called "Little Denmark" after the large number of Scandinavian (especially Danish) newcomers who settled there
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Sanpete County

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined18
Natural13
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsE FIRE
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestKEEBLER
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILLOW CREEK
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBULL
14 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestNEW CANYON
14 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILLOW CREEK ROAD
12 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestWILLOW CREEK
11 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJORGENSEN STUBBLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Hill Limestone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Black Hill Limestone QuarryStonePast Producer
Little Pigeon Hollow Limestone Quarry #1Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Little Pigeon Hollow Ls.Quarry No.1StonePast Producer
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #1Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #2Stone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry #3Stone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.1StonePast Producer
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.2StonePast Producer
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No.3StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanpete County

Storms near this place

2 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEphraim-A peak wind gust of 72 mph was recorded by the Joe's Valley RAWS.
September 2002Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Sanpete 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
West Ephraim1.1 miles16
Pigeon Hollow Junction4.5 miles16
Manti6.9 miles15
Manti Canyon Summer Homes7.9 miles16
Chester8.1 miles16
Wales9.2 miles16
Spring City9.7 miles16
Moroni11.4 miles18

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 EphraimAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482749The 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.