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Morgan, Utah

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Morgan North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84050. It lies near Metz Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Morgan quadrangle. 4,071 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,069 feet above sea level.

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Morgan within Morgan County

On record in Morgan

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Morgan grew from 3,687 to 4,071 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
20103,687
20204,071+384 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

2 photographs, 1941

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.

Farming land in the valley of the Wever River. Morgan County, Utah
Farming land in the valley of the Wever River. Morgan County, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1941. Library of Congress
Uinta Mountains, Weber River Valley, Morgan County, Utah
Uinta Mountains, Weber River Valley, Morgan County, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1941. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,015 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined83
Debris and open burning64
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST YOUNG
9 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLONGWIRE FIRE
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMO FIRE
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILLRACE FIRE
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSCOTTS NALE
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKS DON'T SLEEP
4 September 2005Natural12 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWIDOWMAKER FIRE
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMOUNTAIN GREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Morgan: 11 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Copper, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Red Eagle and Morgan ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 15022Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSurface
Utah Highway Dept No 15022StonePast Producer
Phil Shop Hollow Copper ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Phil Shop Hollow Copper ProspectCopperPast Producer
Ree's Ranch AditCopper, IronOccurrenceJarosite, Limonite, Malachite
Rees Ranch AditCopper, IronPast Producer
Unknown ClaimIronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
Unknown ClaimIronPast Producer
Gravel Pit In Twn 4n Rng 2e Sec 26Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2012FloodMorgan$50,000Heavy rain caused flooding in and around the town of Morgan, Utah, with the most damage occurring along Morgan Valley Drive. Four residential basements were flooded in this area, and water flowed over some roadways.
April 2023FloodMorgan$5,000State Route 66 between Morgan and East Canyon Reservoir began flooding on the 12th, resulting in closure. It was opened the next day.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMorgan$1,000Power lines were downed in Morgan.
July 2025HailMorgan-Public social media photo of hail approximately 1 inch in diameter. Time estimated by radar.
September 2013Funnel CloudMorgan-A funnel cloud was reported and photographed near Morgan, Utah. The time listed is approximate.
August 2002HailMorgan-Severe thunderstorms produced 3/4 inch hail in the Morgan Valley.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Como Springs1.1 miles13
Richville2.0 miles13
Littleton2.2 miles13
Stoddard2.8 miles13
Milton3.3 miles13
Porterville3.8 miles23
Taggarts4.8 miles12
Enterprise5.4 miles13

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 MorganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q129992The 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 1430488. 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.