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Maeser, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Vernal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84078. It sits by Rock Point. The Survey maps it on the Vernal NE quadrangle. 4,081 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,600 feet above sea level.

Maeser within Uintah County

On record in Maeser

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Maeser grew from 3,601 to 4,081 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,601
20204,081+480 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Maeser between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,820 acres in total. 35 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural35
Debris and open burning26
Fireworks13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNO PERMIT
22 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4000 S 5000 E
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsASHLEY CREEK
15 September 2007Naturalunder an acreVernal Field OfficeCOAL BASIN
15 September 2007Naturalunder an acreVernal Field OfficeSHINDY
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVernal Field OfficeDOCS BEACH
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acreVernal Field OfficeSHINDY SPR
10 September 1999Natural2.0 acresVernal Field OfficeDELRAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uintah County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Maeser: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Oil Sands. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Asphalt Ridge DepositOil SandsPast Producer1895
Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands DepositOil SandsProspectSand
Rock Point Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Rock Point Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steinaker Park Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Steinaker Park Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit # 24029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Uintah County

Storms near this place

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maeser in 11 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021FloodMaeser$50,000Heavy runoff in the Maeser area led to some basements being flooded in town.
September 2013HailMaeser$30,000Large hail flattened gardens, dented a number of vehicles, and broke windows.
August 2014Flash FloodMaeser$20,000Flash flooding occurred in a residential section of Maeser, with street flooding also reported in nearby areas. Most of the flood damage occurred to landscaping.
August 2014Flash FloodMaeser$20,000Several residences in the western portion of Maeser experienced flash flooding, and street flooding was reported in much of Maeser. A road was also washed out in Dry Fork Canyon to the north of town.
May 2014HailMaeser$20,000Hailstones up to the size of ping pong balls fell across sections of the Maeser area. Minor damage was reported mainly to vehicles.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMaeser-At 4:50 PM MDT, the mesonet site PC353 Vernal West recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. This was associated with a passing thunderstorm that also produced a wind gust to 48 mph at the KVEL ASOS at Vernal Airport, on the other side of town. No reports of damages, injuries, or fatalities were received.
July 2023HailMaeser-Quarter-sized hail fell 1 mile west-northwest of Maeser in Uintah County.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMaeser-A peak wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at Asphalt Ridge, 3 miles southwest of Vernal.
August 2018HailMaeser-Penny-sized hail was observed northwest of Maeser.
August 2018Heavy RainMaeser-A thunderstorm produced heavy rainfall over northern Uintah County. As a result, localized small stream flooding occurred on the west side of Maeser near Service Road 121 in the Yellow Hill area.
August 2005Heavy RainMaeser-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Uintah County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Vernal3.4 miles17
Naples5.8 miles18
Dry Fork7.1 miles20
Lapoint12.1 miles17
Tridell14.0 miles17
Jensen15.3 miles19
Bullionville15.4 miles21
Gusher17.2 miles16

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 MaeserAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2493098The 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 1430036. 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.