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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.

Erda within Tooele County

Population over time

2 figures

Erda 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,642
20203,673-969 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

162 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined81
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHWY 112
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaCANAL
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFASSIO
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTRAIN
27 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeS MTN 3
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUPITER PEAK LIGHTENING
20 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBATES
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined206 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUGGY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) International Smeltershut DownGold, Silver, CopperPlant
Bates Canyon MineLead, Zinc, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Boston ConsolidatedCopperPast Producer
Bingham StarGoldPast Producer
Mills Junction Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mills Junction Gravel Pit No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23007Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23008Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

10 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993Tornado (F1)Erda$500,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindErda$80,000A 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 2023Flash FloodErda$50,000There were reports of street flooding, road closures, and vehicles stranded.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindErda$3,000Gusty thunderstorm winds knocked over a goalpost at a local high school football stadium.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindErda-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 2025FloodErda-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 2023HailErda-One inch diameter hail was reported in Stansbury Park.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindErda-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 2019Thunderstorm WindErda-Ten telephone poles were snapped at a height of about 10 feet off the ground.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindErda-TSTM wind gust

Every storm recorded in Tooele 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
Stansbury park1.8 miles16
Mills Junction3.0 miles16
Lincoln4.2 miles17
Marshall4.8 miles15
Lake Point5.2 miles16
Tooele5.7 miles17
Angels Grove6.7 miles17
Lago6.8 miles16

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 ErdaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2246041The 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.