Loa, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Loa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84747. It stands on Road Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loa quadrangle. 516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,064 feet above sea level.
On record in Loa
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
Loa Tithing Officelisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresLoa fell from 572 to 516 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 | 572 | |
| 2020 | 516 | -56 (-10%) |
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
- 1969 USGS Loa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Loa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Loa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Loa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Area | LANDFILL |
| 7 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SADDLE PASS |
| 28 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BURNT SPRINGS |
| 18 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 2 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | CEDAR SPRINGS |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Central Area | DAVIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Loa: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinion #12 | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Pinion No 12 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Allred Point Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt, Clay | |
| Allred Point Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Ridge Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt | |
| Black Ridge Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt | |
| Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt | |
| Dry Valley Gravel Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Graveyard Hollow Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loa in 2 storm reports in 2010: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 | Hail | Loa | $20,000 | Hail, that was estimated to be one inch in diameter, pitted cars traveling along SR-24 near Loa. This storm was slow moving, and 5 inches of hail accumulated in the same area. Several accidents were reported on the highway as the storm was overhead. Note that this storm also caused flash flooding in the area. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Loa | - | A slow moving thunderstorm produced very heavy rain, and caused flash flooding along SR-24 between Loa and Koosharem. There were several accidents on the highway as the storm was overhead. Note that this storm also produced severe hail. |
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 Loa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483311 | 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 1442822. 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.







