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Grantsville, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. It stands on North Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grantsville quadrangle. 12,617 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,304 feet above sea level.

Grantsville within Tooele County

On record in Grantsville

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Grantsville grew from 8,893 to 12,617 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
20108,893
202012,617+3,724 (+42%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

102 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Grantsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,498 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural12
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH COOLEY
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficePIONEER TRAIL
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHWY 112
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFASSIO
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficePUMP HOUSE
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest AreaSOUTH COOLEY ASSIST
8 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHIGLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Grantsville: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Little Mountain QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Grantsville Gravel Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Grantsville Gravel Pit No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grantsville Pit No. 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23036Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23038Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept. Hwys Gravel Pit 23040Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23037Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23036Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 23037Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantsville in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2001Flash FloodGrantsville$20,000Flash flooding hit the Tooele Valley, where near Grantsville 2 dirt roads became impassable as water 3 feet deep rushed over them, cutting off access to several homes. Two homes reported flooded basements there, with another basement flooded in Tooele.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGrantsville$10,000A 62 mph wind gust was recorded in Grantsville, and a semitruck was blown over on Interstate 80.
July 2007Flash FloodGrantsville$5,000Heavy rains sent a debris flow from the Kimball fire scar across SR 186 west of Grantsville. The damage estimate is from clean up costs.
June 1997HailGrantsville$2,000A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4" diameter hail in the town of Grantsville. Some tree damage occurred in the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrantsville$1,000A social media reported picture showed a large tree downed/uprooted with associated root ball.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-A strong thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust to 62mph at the Grantsville South Pacificorp sensor.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 69 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 67 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-During the evening, two swimmers at Grantsville Reservoir were pushed away from the shore as a result of high winds (from outflow associated with convection moving into the area). At approximately 8:30 pm MST a 9-1-1 call was placed stating that a swimmer had been pushed away from the shore. While one of the swimmers managed to return to shore, the other did not surface. Recovery efforts were initially unsuccessful, but the body of the swimmer that did not return to shore was later discovered two days later.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 66 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2023HailGrantsville-Hail ranged in size from one half inch to one inch in diameter. Time is estimated by RADAR.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
April 2023HailGrantsville-Hail around 1.5 inches in diameter was reported in Grantsville.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-The Grantsville South weather station recorded a wind gust of 69 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2014HailGrantsville-Nickel sized hail was reported by a member of the public near Grantsville.
August 2008HailGrantsville-A spotter in Grantsville reported 0.75 inch diameter hail.
August 2007Flash FloodGrantsville-There was a small debris and mudflow across SR 136 near Grantsville; the mud and debris originated from the Kimball burn scar.
July 2001Funnel CloudGrantsville-A funnel cloud was spotted over the Grantsville area.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGrantsville-no account filed

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
Marshall3.8 miles15
Burmester6.3 miles15
Flux7.4 miles16
Erda8.5 miles17
Dolomite9.1 miles16
Stansbury park9.3 miles16
Tad Park (historical)9.6 miles22
Tooele10.0 miles17

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 GrantsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483114The 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 1428338. 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.