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Perry, Utah

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brigham City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84302. It lies in Perry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. 5,555 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,367 feet above sea level.

Perry within Box Elder County

Population over time

2 figures

Perry grew from 4,512 to 5,555 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
20104,512
20205,555+1,043 (+23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Perry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,592 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony27
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMANCHE
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands362
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEIGHTY NINE FIRE
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsUS FISH & WILDLIFE
29 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWARMING
29 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestUPPER DOCK FLATS
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMANTUA WEST
25 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLOWER DOCK FLATS 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Perry: 18 past producers, 17 producers, 9 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Iron, Lead, Copper, Silver. 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
Homber MinesGraphite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceLead, Malachite, Schist
Homber MinesZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, CoalPast Producer
Ogden Boilermakers ClaimCopper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Overland ClaimSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Silver EagleSilver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Silver QueenLeadOccurrenceVein
Stone QuarryQuartzPast ProducerSedimentary
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Twin PineCopper, IronOccurrenceReplacement
WorkmanCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodPerry$5,000,000Significant rainfall and snowmelt led to main stem river flooding along the Bear River, and also produced widespread flooding away from the river across Box Elder County, with one estimate from the County Commissioner saying that 90% of communities in the county had been affected. Approximately 60 to 100 homes experienced basement flooding, especially in Bothwell, Garland, and Tremonton. Flooding also impacted many businesses and churches. Damage to roadways was also widespread, with over $3.1 million in road damage alone.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindPerry$3,000Media and public reports indicated a tree fell down on power lines near Lindsay Park in Brigham City as a result of strong winds along an advancing cold frontal boundary, in turn causing a power outage for the area.
June 2016HailPerry-Ping pong ball-sized hail was reported near Perry, Utah.
May 2009HailPerry-Hail with a 0.75 inch diameter was observed in Perry, Utah. The spotter also reported that the hail accumulated 2 inches deep.

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Brigham City3.3 miles12
Willard3.9 miles11
Mantua5.2 miles13
Nerva6.6 miles12
South Willard7.0 miles12
Corinne7.2 miles12
Bear River City11.5 miles11
Honeyville12.2 miles11

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 PerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482784The 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 1455150. 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.