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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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
Daniel Heiner Houselisted 1978
Morgan High School Mechanical Arts Buildinglisted 1986
Morgan Union Pacific Depotlisted 2011
South Round Valley Schoollisted 2011- Morgan Elementary Schoollisted 1986
- Morgan Historic Districtlisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresMorgan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,687 | |
| 2020 | 4,071 | +384 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1941Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1941. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST YOUNG |
| 9 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LONGWIRE FIRE |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COMO FIRE |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILLRACE FIRE |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SCOTTS NALE |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARKS DON'T SLEEP |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WIDOWMAKER FIRE |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOUNTAIN GREEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Eagle and Morgan Consolidated | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Utah Dept. of Highway Pit No. 15022 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Highway Dept No 15022 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Phil Shop Hollow Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Phil Shop Hollow Copper Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Ree's Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite | |
| Rees Ranch Adit | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Claim | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite | |
| Unknown Claim | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit In Twn 4n Rng 2e Sec 26 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Flood | Morgan | $50,000 | Heavy 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 2023 | Flood | Morgan | $5,000 | State Route 66 between Morgan and East Canyon Reservoir began flooding on the 12th, resulting in closure. It was opened the next day. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan | $1,000 | Power lines were downed in Morgan. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Morgan | - | Public social media photo of hail approximately 1 inch in diameter. Time estimated by radar. |
| September 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Morgan | - | A funnel cloud was reported and photographed near Morgan, Utah. The time listed is approximate. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Morgan | - | Severe thunderstorms produced 3/4 inch hail in the Morgan Valley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Como Springs | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Richville | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Littleton | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stoddard | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Milton | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Porterville | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Taggarts | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Enterprise | 5.4 miles | 13 |
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 Morgan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q129992 | 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 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.







