Richmond, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84333. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 2,914 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,610 feet above sea level.
On record in Richmond
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 of 18 shown
Bell-Johnson Houselisted 2004
James and Amy Burnham Farmsteadlisted 2004
Carl F. and Sophia Christensen Houselisted 2004
Hendricks Confectionery Buildinglisted 2004
Layfayette and Elizabeth W. Hendricks HOuselisted 2004
William S. and Margaret R. Hendricks Houselisted 2004
Hobson-Hill Houselisted 2004
Morgan A. and Clarissa R. Knapp Houselisted 2004
Louis Edgar and Clara H. Merrill Houselisted 2004
Hattie Merrill Morrison Farmsteadlisted 2004
Richmond Carnegie Librarylisted 1984
Richmond Community Buildinglisted 1986
Population over time
3 figuresRichmond grew from 817 to 2,914 between 1870 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 817 | |
| 2010 | 2,470 | |
| 2020 | 2,914 | +444 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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
- 1964 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Logan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Richmond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 317 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 200 WEST |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GARR C. |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | 23 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | NORTH FORK WFU |
| 14 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CHERRY CREEK 1 |
| 13 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RICHMOND |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAYOR FIRE |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CHERRY PEAK |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MENDANHALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Richmond: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan Claim | Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Galena, Pyrite, Siderite | |
| Egan Claim | Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Left Fork City Creek | Lead, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Left Fork City Creek Prospect | Lead, Iron | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite, Siderite | |
| Smithfield Canyon Claim | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Smithfield Canyon Claim | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cherty Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Cherty Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| High Creek Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| High Creek Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | $55,000 | A large barn was knocked down in Richmond and several trees were reported down across the area. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | $35,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds caused damage in Richmond, snapping trees and telephone poles. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Richmond | $10,000 | The Logan River exceeded flood stage several times through the first two weeks of June, with the gauge near Logan peaking at 1450 cfs on the morning of June 6. The flooding resulted in the closure of multiple campgrounds and other recreation areas in Logan Canyon, but otherwise mitigation and sandbagging helped prevent further damages. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Richmond | - | The tornado is estimated to have touched down at 2:25PM MT approximately 1 mile south of the Sink Rd./HWY 89 intersection in far northwestern Rich county. The tornado promptly produced EF-1 damage snapping a few softwood trees. The tornado continued tracking north along the terrain into Cache county, increasing in width and producing a notably wider swath of softwood tree damage consistent with an EF-1 rating. The tornado then took a slight turn to the northeast and slightly weakened, producing a few more instances of EF-1 damage to softwood trees before dissipating in far southern Cache county at around 2:27PM. The maximum width of this tornado was 100 yards with a path length of 0.44 miles. Special thanks to the Cache and Rich county emergency managers for the assistance getting to the damage location, and another special thanks to our local spotters for reporting the damage. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the Peter Sinks Rim mesonet site. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | The Peter Sinks sensor recorded a peak gust of 60 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | A large tree was uprooted by strong winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cove | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lewiston | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| White Horse Village | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Smithfield | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Amalga | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cardon | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Morton | 7.2 miles | 15 |
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 Richmond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q129991 | 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 1444892. 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.







