Roosevelt, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84066. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roosevelt quadrangle. 6,747 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,095 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoosevelt grew from 6,046 to 6,747 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 | 6,046 | |
| 2020 | 6,747 | +701 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1885 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1917 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs, 2022Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Roosevelt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROOSEVELT ASSIST #2 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FARRER |
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KETTLE |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WARDCUT |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BURNING TIRES |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GULCH CAMP |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeast Area | APARTMENT TREE |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NORTH HARWARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Roosevelt: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 07043 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07043 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roosevelt in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Tornado (F3) | Roosevelt | $50,000 | Thunderstorms that developed over the northeast portion of Utah produced a high elevation tornado, large hail, and microburst winds. The tornado occurred in the extreme eastern portion of the county in the Ashley National Forest. The tornado moved from southwest to northeast, touched down three times, and the path width was up to a half mile. The tornado damaged around 1,000 acres of trees. Most of the trees were uprooted, but some up to 18 inches in diameter were snapped. Twenty acres was damaged in the first touchdown, around 600 acres in the second, and near 400 acres in the third. The damage pattern of the trees in the area of the second touchdown confirmed the presence of a tornado. Trees on the north side of the path were thrown south, and the ones on the south side were thrown north. A troop of 125 scouts was camped near the area of the third touchdown. No one was injured, but four vehicles were damaged by the uprooted trees. This accounted for all of the damage. The camp also experienced the 1.00-inch-diameter hail at this time. The highest elevation the damage was found at was 10,800 feet. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | The Roosevelt AWOS recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Thunderstorms that developed over the northeast portion of Utah produced a high elevation tornado, large hail, and microburst winds. The tornado occurred in the extreme eastern portion of the county in the Ashley National Forest. The tornado moved from southwest to northeast, touched down three times, and the path width was up to a half mile. The tornado damaged around 1,000 acres of trees. Most of the trees were uprooted, but some up to 18 inches in diameter were snapped. Twenty acres was damaged in the first touchdown, around 600 acres in the second, and near 400 acres in the third. The damage pattern of the trees in the area of the second touchdown confirmed the presence of a tornado. Trees on the north side of the path were thrown south, and the ones on the south side were thrown north. A troop of 125 scouts was camped near the area of the third touchdown. No one was injured, but four vehicles were damaged by the uprooted trees. This accounted for all of the damage. The camp also experienced the 1.00-inch-diameter hail at this time. The highest elevation the damage was found at was 10,800 feet. |
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.
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 Roosevelt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q129946 | 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 1431989. 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.






