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.
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
Myton Presbyterian Churchlisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresMyton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 569 | |
| 2020 | 561 | -8 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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 Uinta quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Myton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Duchesne quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BEEHIVE FIRE |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARRER |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WELLINGTON ROAD |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DUCHESNE |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Uintah and Ouray Agency | BEEHIVE |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COMMISH |
| 4 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MIDVIEW |
| 30 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUST PAST IOKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Lightning | Myton | $200,000 | A lightning strike near Myton damaged a treatment unit and destroyed two 400-gallon oil tanks. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myton | $80,000 | A 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 2024 | Hail | Myton | - | Social media posts indicated quarter-sized hail in Myton. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myton | - | 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 2015 | Hail | Myton | - | Half dollar sized hail was observed and photographed in the Pariette Wetlands south of Myton, Utah. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Myton | - | Hail covered the ground near Myton, with the hail stones generally measuring one inch in diameter. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Myton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ioka | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Roosevelt | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgeland | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Arcadia | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Upalco | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cedarview | 11.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bluebell | 14.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Emmons | 15.5 miles | 17 |
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 Myton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482393 | 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 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.






