Francis, Utah
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Kamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84036. The Survey maps it on the Francis quadrangle. 1,564 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,562 feet above sea level.
On record in Francis
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 1 record
Byron T. Mitchell Houselisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresFrancis grew from 1,077 to 1,564 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 | 1,077 | |
| 2020 | 1,564 | +487 (+45%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Francis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1997 USGS Francis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Francis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MRS FIELDS BENCH CREEK |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODLAND HILLS |
| 28 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | AUERBACH |
| 27 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SS HILL |
| 23 September 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODLAND DUCE |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | VICTORY RANCH |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KAMAS CONE |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Francis: 8 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration Investment Quarry | Gemstone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| High Bluff Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Andesite | |
| Quarry Near Woodland Cemetery | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Webb Hollow Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| High Bluff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Woodland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Quartzite, Sandstone | |
| Chuck No. 1 Thru 15 | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Gold Bullion No. 1 Thru 5 | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Lucky Strike Nos. 1 Thru 6. | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| South Francis Gravel Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Francis in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Francis | $75,000 | Strong straight-line thunderstorm winds produced significant damage in Samak, Utah, primarily along Samak Park Loop. The winds snapped 10 aspen trees, uprooted a cottonwood tree, lifted and displaced a garage approximately 20 feet, and produced considerable roof damage to multiple other structures. |
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.
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 Francis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482426 | 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 1428080. 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.








