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Myton, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84052. The Survey maps it on the Myton quadrangle. 561 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,085 feet above sea level.

Myton within Duchesne County

On record in Myton

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

Population over time

2 figures

Myton fell from 569 to 561 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
2010569
2020561-8 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Myton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBEEHIVE FIRE
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARRER
3 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELLINGTON ROAD
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDUCHESNE
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUintah and Ouray AgencyBEEHIVE
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMMISH
4 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMIDVIEW
30 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUST PAST IOKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Myton: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Duchesne County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myton in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
June 2000LightningMyton$200,000A lightning strike near Myton damaged a treatment unit and destroyed two 400-gallon oil tanks.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMyton$80,000A microburst caused damage in several towns in Duchesne County. The damage included 8 downed power poles, mostly by trees falling on the lines, a shed that blew over in Myton, a few homes and businesses that lost roofing material, 10 trees on the south side of Highway 40 that blew down and closed the highway for a couple hours, and a couple of fences that were knocked down.
June 2024HailMyton-Social media posts indicated quarter-sized hail in Myton.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMyton-A wind gust of 58 mph was measured by the PleasantValley - Agrimet PLVU sensor as a shower moved over the site during the late afternoon.
May 2015HailMyton-Half dollar sized hail was observed and photographed in the Pariette Wetlands south of Myton, Utah.
August 2010HailMyton-Hail covered the ground near Myton, with the hail stones generally measuring one inch in diameter.
September 2006HailMyton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duchesne 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
Ioka5.2 miles18
Roosevelt8.2 miles17
Bridgeland9.4 miles17
Arcadia9.5 miles17
Upalco10.1 miles17
Cedarview11.5 miles18
Bluebell14.1 miles17
Mount Emmons15.5 miles17

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 MytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482393The 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 1430626. 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.