Peoa, Utah
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Kamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84061. It stands on Fort Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kamas quadrangle. 249 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,312 feet above sea level.
On record in Peoa
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
Oscar F. Lyons Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresPeoa fell from 253 to 249 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 | 253 | |
| 2020 | 249 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Kamas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Kamas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Peoa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 16 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DOG HOLLOW |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROB YOUNG POLE |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | I CAN HELP |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOUNTAIN MEADOW |
| 28 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PEOA |
| 23 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROCKPORT PARK |
| 21 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BOULDERVILLE WIRE |
| 19 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTH BENCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Peoa: 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big K | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Utelite Clay Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Utelite Clay Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown's Canyon Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Browns Canyon Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain Meadows Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain Meadows Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marion Cemetery Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Marion Cemetery Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 22006 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoa in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 3 flood. 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 2010 | Flood | Peoa | $5,000,000 | Flooding was reported along the Weber River from Oakley to Hoytsville. The gauge on the Weber River near Oakley exceeded the flood stage of 4.5 feet on June 6th, with flooding continuing into June 10th. The gauge reached a peak of 3179 cfs on the evening of June 8th. ||Damage was reported in the communities of Oakley and Peoa, with water going over the top of some bridges and ending up in homes. Many homes and summer cabins were damaged, especially in basements and yards. Much of the damage occurred to structures at the mouth of the upper Weber River, and in homes along State Route 21 in Oakley. Residents used sandbags in several areas to try to control some of the flooding. Flood waters also ran over a portion of State Route 32, causing the road to close. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Peoa | $50,000 | Flooding continued on the Upper Weber River in early July, with the Weber at Oakley gauge peaking at 3390 cfs on July 1st. Much of this flooding up to Rockport Reservoir was mitigated, but once the Rockport Reservoir was filled, it increased the challenge for people trying to manage the flood threat downstream. At the Camper World downstream in Coalville, many of the 158 RV pads in the park were covered with water, as water flowed from canals in adjoining fields and through broken areas of a berm around the park. The park was evacuated except for employees. Other areas downstream of Rockport Reservoir also experienced minor flooding. Note that this event began in June. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Peoa | $20,000 | Flooding occurred on the Upper Weber River in late June due to the accelerated snowmelt, with the Weber at Oakley gauge peaking at 3133 cfs on June 30th. Much of this flooding was mitigated, but the high water did impact some buildings close to the river. Note that this event continued into July. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Marion | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Kamas | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Keetley Junction | 6.8 miles | 26 | |
| Wanship | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Atkinson | 7.1 miles | 26 | |
| East Basin | 7.8 miles | 26 | |
| Silver Creek Junction | 8.3 miles | 26 |
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 Peoa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7165443 | 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 1444282. 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.








