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Milford, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Milford-Minersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84751. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. 1,431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,967 feet above sea level.

Milford within Beaver County

On record in Milford

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Milford grew from 1,409 to 1,431 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
20101,409
20201,431+22 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

5 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Smelter, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Smelter, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 4, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 4, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 3, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 3, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 2, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 2, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 1993 and 2013, burning about 10,720 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILFORD ASSIST 1
6 September 1994Natural12 acresCedar City Field OfficeLILLYMINE
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCITY LAND FILL
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSUB STATION
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJEFFERSON
9 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGOLF COURSE
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEAVER RIVER
24 August 1998Natural10 acresCedar City Field OfficeROCKY HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Milford: 29 past producers, 14 producers, 11 occurrences, 2 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Lead. 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
Bradshaw Pumice QuarryPumiceProducer
Cave Mine GroupLead, Zinc, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, IronPast Producer1859, 1871
Cave Mine GroupZinc, Tungsten, Lead, CopperPast Producer
FlorenceLead, ZincProducerVein
Florence Lead MineZinc, Copper, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Harrington-HickoryMolybdenum, Lead, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Harrington-Hickory MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
HumboltLead, Silver, GoldProducer
Mid Star ProspectLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Milford Deposits Old Hickory and OthersTungsten, Iron, CopperProducerScheelite

Every working recorded in Beaver County

Storms near this place

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMilford$20,000Almost all of the residents of Milford lost power after strong winds from a microburst downed 16 power poles near State Routes 21 and 129.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMilford$2,000A dry microburst wind gust estimated at 80 mph (70 kts) was reported by a spotter in Milford. The wind sensor in another part of town clocked a peak wind of 67 mph (58 kts). The winds toppled several trees and power lines.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMilford-The Milford Municipal Airport/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field ASOS recorded an initial wind gust of 58 mph at 2:50 pm MST, followed by wind gusts to 70 mph through 3:05 pm MST. These gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMilford-The Milford Municipal Airport/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
July 2021Flash FloodMilford-Beaver County dispatch and emergency management personnel reported street flooding in Milford with water 3 feet deep. In addition, debris from flooding was reported on State Route 21 near Milford. The Milford automated weather station recorded 1.10 inches of rain in one hour.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMilford-The Milford ASOS reported a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford-The Milford ASOS recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Milford-A couple different observers saw a tornado touch down 5 miles west of Milford, and one took pictures of the tornado. The tornado was in an uninhabited area and did no damage.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford-The Milford ASOS recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMilford-The Milford ASOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph due to a nearby thunderstorm.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMilford-Thunderstorm winds were clocked at 64 mph (56 kts) at Brimstone Reservoir, 21 miles WSW of Milford.
September 2001Tornado (F0)Milford-A thunderstorm spawned a tornado which touched down 6 miles southwest of Milford, then lifted up and touched down again in the foothills east of Milford. It finally moved to about 10 miles northeast of town before dissipating. The entire event lasted about 15 minutes over open country.
July 2001HailMilford-A spotter in Milford reported 3/4" hail.
April 2005Heavy RainMilford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaver 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
Yellow Banks2.3 miles17
Upton5.8 miles10
Cook Corner7.3 miles10
Shenendoah City7.4 miles9
Murdock7.5 miles13
Blueacre8.9 miles9
Shauntie9.1 miles9
Laho10.7 miles10

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 MilfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q386969The 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 1430317. 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.