Mona, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84645. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mona quadrangle. 1,750 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,970 feet above sea level.
On record in Mona
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Mount Nebo Dam and Reservoir, Currant Creek, Monafederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresMona grew from 1,547 to 1,750 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 | 1,547 | |
| 2020 | 1,750 | +203 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Santaquin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mona quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Mona quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
158 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Mona between 1994 and 2020, burning about 43,145 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MONA CREEK |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WILLOW CR. |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | DRY CANYON |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTH MONA |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | OLD CANYON |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | 9.5 acres | Richfield Field Office | WEST BURSTON |
| 27 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,681 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BIRCH |
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | PACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Mona: 19 past producers, 16 producers, 2 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Producer | ||
| Eureka Leasing & Mining Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Jumbo Properties | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Little Eva Mine | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Mona Claim | Lead, Gold | Producer | ||
| Mono Mine | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Nebo Star | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Producer | ||
| Big Nebo Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Nebo Lead | Lead, Silver | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mona in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Hail | Mona | - | A strong thunderstorm approaching Interstate 15, along the Juab/Utah County line, produced hail, with a reported maximum size of 1.5 inches. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Mona | - | LANDSPOUT. Public video showed a landspout tornado associated with a rain shower near Mona. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Nephi | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Gypsum Mill | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Rocky Ridge | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dennis | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sharp | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Diamond | 13.6 miles | 17 | |
| Silver City | 15.9 miles | 16 |
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 Mona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483698 | 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 1443548. 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.








