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.
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.
Smith, Francis 'Frank' and Eunice, Houselisted 2001 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMaeser 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,601 | |
| 2020 | 4,081 | +480 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Ashley quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1917 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Vernal NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NO PERMIT |
| 22 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 4000 S 5000 E |
| 20 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ASHLEY CREEK |
| 15 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | COAL BASIN |
| 15 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | SHINDY |
| 12 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | DOCS BEACH |
| 12 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Vernal Field Office | SHINDY SPR |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Vernal Field Office | DELRAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt Ridge Deposit | Oil Sands | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Asphalt Ridge Nw Oil Sands Deposit | Oil Sands | Prospect | Sand | |
| Rock Point Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Rock Point Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steinaker Park Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Steinaker Park Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept Highways Pit # 24029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
11 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flood | Maeser | $50,000 | Heavy runoff in the Maeser area led to some basements being flooded in town. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Maeser | $30,000 | Large hail flattened gardens, dented a number of vehicles, and broke windows. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Maeser | $20,000 | Flash 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Maeser | $20,000 | Several 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 2014 | Hail | Maeser | $20,000 | Hailstones up to the size of ping pong balls fell across sections of the Maeser area. Minor damage was reported mainly to vehicles. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeser | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Maeser | - | Quarter-sized hail fell 1 mile west-northwest of Maeser in Uintah County. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeser | - | A peak wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at Asphalt Ridge, 3 miles southwest of Vernal. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Maeser | - | Penny-sized hail was observed northwest of Maeser. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Maeser | - | 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 2005 | Heavy Rain | Maeser | - | no account filed |
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 Maeser | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2493098 | 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 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.






