Erda, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84074. The Survey maps it on the Tooele quadrangle. 3,673 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,344 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresErda fell from 4,642 to 3,673 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 | 4,642 | |
| 2020 | 3,673 | -969 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
162 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Erda between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,668 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HWY 112 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Area | CANAL |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FASSIO |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TRAIN |
| 27 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | S MTN 3 |
| 23 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUPITER PEAK LIGHTENING |
| 20 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BATES |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 206 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUGGY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Erda: 16 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) International Smeltershut Down | Gold, Silver, Copper | Plant | ||
| Bates Canyon Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Boston Consolidated | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bingham Star | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Mills Junction Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Mills Junction Gravel Pit No 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23007 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23008 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23012 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erda in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Erda | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erda | $80,000 | A strong microburst near Erda, UT was observed by a live area webcam. Multiple pictures were later received showing a large tree downed, roof shingles blown off, play structures damaged and/or blown over, fences damaged, a house under construction damaged, and a center pivot damaged. Based on the damage pictures, an estimated wind gust of around 70 mph was determined. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Erda | $50,000 | There were reports of street flooding, road closures, and vehicles stranded. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erda | $3,000 | Gusty thunderstorm winds knocked over a goalpost at a local high school football stadium. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erda | - | The Bolinder Field-Tooele Valley Airport AWOS (KTVY) recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| October 2025 | Flood | Erda | - | An NWS employee reported flooding of area roads as showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Tooele Valley. Rainfall totals in the vicinity range from 2-4 inches, with much of that on Saturday, October 4. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Erda | - | One inch diameter hail was reported in Stansbury Park. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erda | - | The Bolinder Field-Tooele Valley Airport AWOS measured a wind gust of 59 mph at 4:35 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erda | - | Ten telephone poles were snapped at a height of about 10 feet off the ground. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erda | - | TSTM wind gust |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stansbury park | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mills Junction | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lincoln | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Marshall | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Point | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tooele | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Angels Grove | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lago | 6.8 miles | 16 |
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 Erda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2246041 | 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 1437555. 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.





