Highland, Utah
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84004. It stands on Fort Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lehi quadrangle. 19,348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,977 feet above sea level.
On record in Highland
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
Population over time
2 figuresHighland grew from 15,523 to 19,348 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 | 15,523 | |
| 2020 | 19,348 | +3,825 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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
- 1951 USGS Lehi quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lehi quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lehi quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,014 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 55 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TIBBLE |
| 8 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TANK CANYON #2 |
| 8 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | TANK CANYON #1 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LONE PEAK |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MAHOGANY |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Timpanogos Cave National Monument | WESTTOUR |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SOLO # 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 24 producers, 21 past producers, 8 occurrences. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Brick Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Galena Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Aqueduct Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Dry Hollow Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| M Workings | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Mahogany Mtn. Prospect | Calcium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Upper Box Elder Canyon Prospect | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Wadley Deposit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Wadley Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Surface | |
| Wadley Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Alpine Galena Mine | Lead | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Hills | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| American Fork | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lehi | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Wing | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Mutual Dell | 6.7 miles | 24 | |
| Silver Lake Summer Home Area | 7.2 miles | 24 |
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 Highland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483297 | 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 1448472. 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.








