Plain City, Utah
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Weber census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84404. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plain City quadrangle. 7,833 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,242 feet above sea level.
On record in Plain City
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 2 records
William D. Skeen Houselisted 1982- George Walter Jr. and Isabelle Bramwell Houselisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresPlain City grew from 5,476 to 7,833 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 | 5,476 | |
| 2020 | 7,833 | +2,357 (+43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Promontory Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Plain City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Plain City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,668 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PIONEER ASSIST |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 12TH STREET |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 4000 N |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FREEMONT ISLAND FIRE |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Bear River Area | STACK YARD |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | HAROLD CRANE UPLAND |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIVER BOTTOM |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLARD BAY DIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Plain City: 10 producers, 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisville Brick Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Harrisville Brick Plant Deposit | Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unnamed | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Utah Hot Springs | Manganese | Prospect | 1963 | |
| Utah Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Wasatch Iron | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| Dereice Balls Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parcell and Cragun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Parcell and Cragun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Parcell and Cragun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plain City in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Plain City | $100,000 | Heavy rain and snowmelt led to residential basement flooding across portions of Weber County, with damage reported in Farr West, Plain City, and across parts of the Ogden Valley. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Plain City | $100,000 | The Weber River continued to flood through early June, and became significantly worse when a levee near Plain City broke on June 9th. These flood waters impacted barns and houses along the river, though the houses were spared from interior damage. Many fields and yards across the area were inundated by significant amounts of water. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Plain City | - | Quarter-sized fell in Plain City. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Plain City | - | Hail estimated to be golf ball-sized hail was reported by broadcast media. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | 0.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wheeler Village Unit Two | 0.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wheeler Village Unit One | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rosehill | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pioneer Village | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Parkvale | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Warren | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Freedom Acres | 2.5 miles | 12 |
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 Plain City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482813 | 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 1444471. 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.







