Koosharem, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84744. It stands on Koosharem Creek. The Survey maps it on the Koosharem quadrangle. 244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,919 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKoosharem fell from 327 to 244 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 | 327 | |
| 2020 | 244 | -83 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Koosharem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Koosharem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Koosharem between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | KOOHSAREM CREEK WFU |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | INK |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | HWY 25 |
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | GREENWICH CREEK |
| 16 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | WATER TANK |
| 14 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | MERRILL'S POND |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | TWO TRACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Koosharem: 13 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carole Ann 1 - 24 , Greenwich 1 - 4 | Kaolin, Aluminum | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Carole Ann 1 Thru 24 | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Kaolin | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unknown | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Burrville Borrow Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Burrville Borrow Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Burrville Borrow Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Burrville Borrow Pitts No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oak Creek Canyon Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Oak Creek Canyon Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Koosharem in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Koosharem | - | Heavy rain north of Koosharem caused a mudslide that blocked SR-62 near milepost 40. All lanes along the highway were closed until the slide could be cleaned up. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrville | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeside Resort | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fishlake Resort | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Monroe | 15.1 miles | 17 | |
| Annabella | 16.7 miles | 17 | |
| Austin | 16.9 miles | 17 | |
| Central Valley | 17.6 miles | 17 | |
| Nibley | 17.7 miles | 17 |
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 Koosharem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483576 | 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 1442357. 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.







