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Providence, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Logan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84321. It lies near Elbow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Logan quadrangle. 8,218 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,596 feet above sea level.

Providence within Cache County

On record in Providence

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Providence grew from 7,075 to 8,218 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
20107,075
20208,218+1,143 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,424 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 4 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTHIRD DAM
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMILVILLE Y
19 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestRICK
10 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSECOND DAM
10 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSECOND DAM FIRE
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLITTLE BALDY
8 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLOWER WATERFALL
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLOGAN DRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Providence: 13 producers, 10 past producers, 8 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Emmett Mining and MillingLeadOccurrenceGalena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Providence QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Providence QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer
La Var A. MohrCalciumOccurrencePlacer
Norman PetersonCalciumOccurrencePlacer
Theron M. CampbellCalciumOccurrencePlacer
Cache Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cache Concrete Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Chugg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1960

Every working recorded in Cache County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Providence in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodProvidence$200,000The Logan River flooded again beginning in mid-June. The Logan River Golf Course and walking trail was partially closed when a breach in the river bank sent a large stream of water down the middle of the golf course. Damage occurred to a few low lying bridges, including the Millville Bridge and a railroad bridge in Logan.
June 2011FloodProvidence$100,000Spring Creek near the town of Providence, Utah experienced flooding at the end of June. Most of the damage occurred when gravel clogged culverts along the creek, making the creek divert around the culverts, and causing damage to driveways and roads. At one point, flooding threatened houses, and a couple families were voluntarily evacuated. Throughout the event, a few houses along the creek experienced basement flooding. Note that this event continued into July.
July 2011FloodProvidence$30,000Spring Creek near the town of Providence, Utah continued to experienced flooding through the beginning of July. Another clogged culvert along the creek washed out a road in early July, but otherwise additional damage was minimal as waters began to recede and impacts were further mitigated. Note that this event began in June.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindProvidence-The Logan Peak weather station recorded an initial peak wind gust of 63 mph at 9:00 pm MST as a result of a thunderstorm and associated outflow winds moving over the site. A second thunderstorm an hour later resulted in a wind gust of 58 mph at 10:00 pm MST.
June 2009HailProvidence-Hailstones with a 0.75 inch diameter were observed in Providence.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindProvidence-A trained spotter estimated a 52 knot wind gust, and small hail was also reported.

Every storm recorded in Cache 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
River Heights1.1 miles17
Millville1.7 miles17
Logan2.2 miles17
Nibley2.4 miles17
Holt2.7 miles17
College Ward3.9 miles17
North Logan4.4 miles18
Greenville4.5 miles18

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 ProvidenceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482412The 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 1444657. 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.