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Ferron, Utah

20 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 84523. It lies near Indian Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ferron quadrangle. 1,474 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,971 feet above sea level.

Ferron within Emery County

On record in Ferron

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ferron fell from 1,626 to 1,474 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
20101,626
20201,474-152 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ferron between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13 acres 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 burning2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 July 1994Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National Forestnot named
10 July 2020Debris and open burning9.0 acresSoutheast AreaROCK CANYON
20 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMoab Field OfficeDUTCH FLAT
15 May 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFERRON
17 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMoab Field OfficePILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ferron: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Blue Dugway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Blue Dugway Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #08021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highway's Pit #08020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highway's Pit No. 08021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 08019Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Emery County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferron in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2001: 3 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001HailFerron-Large hail fell in Ferron, with law enforcement officials reporting 1 3/4" hail.
June 1997HailFerron-A severe thunderstorm put down 3/4" hail on the Millsite Golf Course just west of Ferron.
September 1998HailFerron-no account filed
September 1997FloodFerron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Emery 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
Ferron Mill2.7 miles20
Molen3.2 miles19
Clawson3.3 miles19
Moore8.8 miles18
Orangeville10.1 miles19
Castle Dale10.2 miles19
Emery13.3 miles18
Lawrence17.6 miles15

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 FerronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482700The 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 1441026. 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.