Mapleton, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84664. It lies near Maple Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle. 11,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,731 feet above sea level.
On record in Mapleton
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
Roswell Darius Bird Sr. Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresMapleton grew from 7,979 to 11,365 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 | 7,979 | |
| 2020 | 11,365 | +3,386 (+42%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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
- 1948 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Provo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Mapleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,917 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SERVICEBERRY HOLLOW |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 848 acres | Northwest Area | ETHER HOLLOW |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWERHOUSE RD. |
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OUT HOUSE FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 10J RXR |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ACE |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARMER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Mapleton: 19 producers, 14 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Canyon Deposit | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Dream Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Milkmaid | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Silver Hill Property | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Us Ferto Corp | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| Three Sister Lime Quarry and Liln | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mapleton in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mapleton | $5,000 | Several trees were uprooted or snapped off in Springville Cemetery. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Mapleton | - | Heavy rain over the Ether Hollow Fire Burn Scar produced a debris flow that moved across Quiet Meadows Lane on the outskirt of Mapleton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutro | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Springville | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Moark Junction | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Gomex | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Spanish Fork | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ironton | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Leland | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Palmyra | 6.4 miles | 22 |
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 Mapleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482504 | 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 1443189. 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.









