Price, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Price census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84501. It stands on Meads Wash. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle. 8,216 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,627 feet above sea level.
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On record in Price
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 12 records
Albert and Mariah Bryner Houselisted 2008
Great Hunt Panel Site, Thelisted 2018
Oliver John Harmon Houselisted 1992
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Assumptionlisted 1973
James W. and Mary K. Loofbourow Houselisted 1986
Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Churchlisted 1978
Parker and Weeter Blocklisted 1982
Price Municipal Buildinglisted 1978
Price Tavern/Braffet Blocklisted 1978
US Post Office-Price Mainlisted 1989- 39-47 W Mainlisted 2008
- Star Theatrelisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresPrice fell from 8,715 to 8,216 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 | 8,715 | |
| 2020 | 8,216 | -499 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1896 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000
- 1914 USGS Castle Gate quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Castle Gate quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Price quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
8 of 33 photographs shown, 1936Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Carbon County
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Price between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | MARSING |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CARBONVILLE |
| 7 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODHILL |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Moab Field Office | CONSUMERS |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southeast Area | MEADS WASH |
| 5 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROADSIDE |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Moab Field Office | GORDON CREEK |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Moab Field Office | COAL |
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 Price: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Center Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Chert, Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Lowdermilk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Lowdermilk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Unknown Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04011 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04011 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04012 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04015 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04020 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sandstone |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Price in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $300,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds hit the area near Price, with most damage reported in Miller Creek. The strongest recorded wind was 58 mph (50 kts) at the Price Airport. However, 4 miles to the south in Miller Creek, the winds lifted a mobile home off its foundation and destroyed the structure. A roof was torn off another home and onto another. causing heavy damage. A horse was killed by flying debris. A total of 12 houses were damaged, along with a barn and a corral. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Price | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported near Price. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Price | - | Flash flooding was reported in Price and other surrounding areas, including near the Book Cliffs. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Price | - | Flash flooding was reported on Gordon Creek, west of Price, after a radar-estimated 3 to 4 inches of rain fell over the area. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Price | - | Nickel size (0.88 inch diameter) hail was reported near Price. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Price | - | Estimated size...reported by NSSL. 1" hail also reported in Sunnyside and Wellington about the same time. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Price | - | Large thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced 1.25" to 1.5" hail reported in numerous location in and just east of Price. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Price | - | Hail fell for 20 min in downtown Price |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Price | - | An F0 tornado was spotted over open country about 10 miles southwest of Price. |
| June 1997 | Flood | Price | - | A strong thunderstorm caused heavy rain to fall in the town of Price. Street flooding occurred due to this heavy downpour. A spotter in Price measured 1.61" of rain on this date. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Price | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Hill | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Carbonville | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Glen | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Wellington | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Kenilworth | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Helper | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Wildcat | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Martin | 7.7 miles | 20 |
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 Price | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482891 | 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 1431465. 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.








