Kamas, Utah
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Kamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84036. It lies near Elder Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kamas quadrangle. 2,092 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,486 feet above sea level.
On record in Kamas
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 3 records
John Grix Cabinlisted 1997
John Maycock Cabinlisted 2005
William and Martha Myrick Houselisted 1982
Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 16 shown
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Big Elk Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 7 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Kamasfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Crystal Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Duck Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 6 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 7 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Lost Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 9 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Pot Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 6 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Star Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 6 photographs
- High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Teapot Lake Dam, Kamasfederal building survey, 6 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresKamas grew from 1,811 to 2,092 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 | 1,811 | |
| 2020 | 2,092 | +281 (+16%) |
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 Kamas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Kamas quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 10 photographs shown,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Summit County
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Kamas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 27 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 | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODLAND HILLS |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROB YOUNG POLE |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SLATE |
| 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 |
| 21 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOULDERVILLE WIRE |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | VICTORY RANCH |
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 Kamas: 9 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Bluff Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Andesite | |
| High Bluff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| 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 | ||
| Marion Cemetery Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Marion Cemetery Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Francis Gravel Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26005 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 22007 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kamas in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamas | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Kamas | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported in Kamas. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kamas | - | Powerlines and poles blown down by wind |
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 Kamas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483326 | 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 1442266. 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.








