Portage, Utah
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Howell-Snowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84331. It lies near Water Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Portage quadrangle. 273 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,367 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPortage grew from 245 to 273 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 | 245 | |
| 2020 | 273 | +28 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Portage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Tremonton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Portage between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,083 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BURNETT CANYON |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WASAKIE |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WASHAKIE |
| 20 September 2009 | Natural | 21 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | NIEL |
| 20 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BURNETT CANYON |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 390 acres | Idaho Falls District | BRUSH CANYON |
| 1 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PORTAGE CANYON ENTRANCE |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ELGROVE SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Portage: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price S Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Briggs & Box Elder County | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Briggs and Box Elder Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J. Allen #02045 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| J.Allen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limekiln Knoll Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Limekiln Knoll Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| R. Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| R.Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut.Dept.Of Highways Pit No.02046 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washakie | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fielding | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wheelon | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Beaver Dam | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Collinston | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Blue Creek | 15.4 miles | 9 |
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 Portage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483377 | 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 1681817. 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.




