Newcastle, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Beryl-Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84756. The Survey maps it on the Newcastle quadrangle. 330 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,276 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNewcastle grew from 247 to 330 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 | 247 | |
| 2020 | 330 | +83 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Newcastle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 4 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Area | HOLDING POND |
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | WHEAT GRASS |
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | SILVER PEAK |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HIGHWAY 56 |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Area | BLUE BOX |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | BOUNDARY |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | BULLION |
| 27 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BERYL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Newcastle: 18 occurrences, 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Chance | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Manganese, Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Deposit | Bentonite, Manganese | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Lucky Chance | Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Iron Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Black Jack Claims | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Giant A | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Taylor Property | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcastle in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newcastle | - | The Urie hollow mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Newcastle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beryl Junction | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Old Irontown | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Iron Mountain | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Desert Mound | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| Beryl | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Yale Crossing | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Iron Springs | 17.6 miles | 18 | |
| Zane | 17.9 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 Newcastle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473218 | 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 1443812. 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.







