Junction, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Circleville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84740. It stands on East Fork Sevier River. The Survey maps it on the Junction quadrangle. 212 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,008 feet above sea level.
On record in Junction
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
John and Ella Morrill Houselisted 1994
Piute County Courthouselisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresJunction grew from 191 to 212 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 | 191 | |
| 2020 | 212 | +21 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Junction between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Area | JUNCTION |
| 10 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | CITY CREEK |
| 30 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Area | KINGSTON |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SAVAGE |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | OUTLAW |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CIRCLEVILLE BRIDGE |
| 21 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | CITY CREEK NORTH |
| 28 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BELLY ACHE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Junction: 14 past producers, 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Manganese, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junkyard Clay Deposit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Junkyard Clogs Deposit | Kaolin | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Kingston Manganese Occurance | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Kingston Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Uranium Bluffs | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Uranium Bluffs #1 | Uranium | Occurrence | 1954 | |
| Graveyard Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Graveyard Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Section 16 Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Section 16 Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Surface |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | - | The Junction South mesonet station recorded initial peak wind gusts of 66 mph at 5:40 pm MST and 5:50 pm MST, and an additional strong gust of 65 mph at 6:00 pm MST. These winds were the result of thunderstorm outflow, with the thunderstorm also producing 0.27 inches of rain in 10 minutes at the mesonet site. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Circleville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Alunite | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Thompsonville | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Angle | 12.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bullion Falls | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Marysvale | 14.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hoovers | 18.5 miles | 19 |
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 Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q129952 | 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 1442250. 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.





