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Heber City, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Heber City East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84032. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heber City quadrangle. 16,856 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,604 feet above sea level.

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Heber City within Wasatch County

On record in Heber City

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 12 of 15 shown

Every listing in Wasatch County

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 25 shown

Every surveyed structure in Wasatch County

Population over time

2 figures

Heber City grew from 11,362 to 16,856 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
201011,362
202016,856+5,494 (+48%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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.

Photographs

8 of 20 photographs shown, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Ranch entrance near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Ranch entrance near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Horses graze beneath low hills near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Horses graze beneath low hills near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
A storm brews above a cow pasture near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
A storm brews above a cow pasture near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Horse farm near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Horse farm near Heber City, 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch County, Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Wasatch Stake Tabernacle, Main Street at 100 North Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Wasatch Stake Tabernacle, Main Street at 100 North Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Storage Sheds, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Storage Sheds, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Garage, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Employee Garage, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Tipple-Ore Car Snowshed, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, Tipple-Ore Car Snowshed, 1 mile East of U.S. 40 at Keetley, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Wasatch County

Fires near this place

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Heber City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,201 acres in total. 14 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/undetermined66
Debris and open burning54
Equipment and vehicle use26
Fireworks19
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSWEAT
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHEBER ASSIST 2
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSMITH FIRE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEER CREEK RAINBOW BAY
4 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOYOTE LANE
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMIDWAY 6TH SO.
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyBWALLOW1
24 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHEBER CREEPER 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasatch County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Heber City: 9 producers, 7 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Limestone Borrow Pit.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Midway Hot PotGeothermalUnknown
Midway Tufa QuarriesLimestone, High CalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Park Heber TunnelLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Phosphate Hill ProspectPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceCollophane
Big Hollow Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerQuartzite
Charleston Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone, Quartzite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Heber City Borrow Pit. #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Heber City Borrow Pit. #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Wasatch County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heber City in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
March 2001Thunderstorm WindHeber City1 killed, 1 hurt, $1,000Two men were canoeing on Jordanelle Reservoir when thunderstorm outflow winds estimated at 45mph (39kts) capsized the canoe. The men were thrown into the 34 degree water about 25 feet from shore, but they were pushed out further by the wind as they hung onto the canoe. They both became hypothermic, and the 27-year-old man let go of the canoe and drowned. The other man was rescued and sent to the hospital, where he recovered.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHeber City$30,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60-70 mph (52-61 kts) blew through portions of Heber City, blowing down trees and power lines and taking shingles off roofs.
August 2004LightningHeber City$15,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHeber City$1,000no account filed
August 2006HailHeber City-Near Jordanelle Reservoir
August 2006HailHeber City-at Jordanelle Reservior
September 2005HailHeber City-Large hail at Strawberry reservoir
June 1996HailHeber City-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindHeber City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wasatch 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
Daniel2.5 miles21
Mountain Spa3.1 miles26
Midway3.3 miles26
Center Creek3.6 miles22
Interlaken4.0 miles26
Charleston4.1 miles21
Mound City4.4 miles26
Jordanelle6.1 miles26

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 Heber CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482805The 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 1455878. 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.