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.
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
Providence LDS Chapel and Meetinghouselisted 1982
Ferdinand Zollinger Jr. Houselisted 1992- Providence Historic Districtlisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresProvidence 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,075 | |
| 2020 | 8,218 | +1,143 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1914 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000
- 1916 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Logan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Logan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Logan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | THIRD DAM |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MILVILLE Y |
| 19 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | RICK |
| 10 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SECOND DAM |
| 10 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SECOND DAM FIRE |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LITTLE BALDY |
| 8 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LOWER WATERFALL |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LOGAN DRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Mining and Milling | Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | |
| Providence Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Providence Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| La Var A. Mohr | Calcium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Norman Peterson | Calcium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Theron M. Campbell | Calcium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Cache Concrete Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cache Concrete Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Chugg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 1960 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Providence | $200,000 | The 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 2011 | Flood | Providence | $100,000 | Spring 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 2011 | Flood | Providence | $30,000 | Spring 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Providence | - | Hailstones with a 0.75 inch diameter were observed in Providence. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | A trained spotter estimated a 52 knot wind gust, and small hail was also reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Heights | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Millville | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Logan | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Nibley | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Holt | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| College Ward | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| North Logan | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Greenville | 4.5 miles | 18 |
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 Providence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482412 | 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 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.







