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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.

Roosevelt within Duchesne County

Population over time

2 figures

Roosevelt 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,046
20206,747+701 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 2022

Taken 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.

At first glance, this screen and a sign outside seem to be all that remain of the old Echo Drive-In Theater, which opened in 1956 in the small town of Roosevelt in northeastern Utah
At first glance, this screen and a sign outside seem to be all that remain of the old Echo Drive-In Theater, which opened in 1956 in the small town of Roosevelt in northeastern Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
At first glance, this sign and the movie screen behind it seem to be all that remain of the old Echo Drive-In Theater, which opened in 1956 in the small town of Roosevelt in northeastern Utah
At first glance, this sign and the movie screen behind it seem to be all that remain of the old Echo Drive-In Theater, which opened in 1956 in the small town of Roosevelt in northeastern Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning44
Equipment and vehicle use11
Fireworks6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROOSEVELT ASSIST #2
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARRER
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKETTLE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWARDCUT
3 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBURNING TIRES
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGULCH CAMP
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNortheast AreaAPARTMENT TREE
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNORTH HARWARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 07043Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept.Of Highways Pit No.07043Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Duchesne County

Storms near this place

3 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Tornado (F3)Roosevelt$50,000Thunderstorms 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 2013Thunderstorm WindRoosevelt-The Roosevelt AWOS recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
August 1993HailRoosevelt-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.

Every storm recorded in Duchesne 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
Cedarview5.1 miles18
Ioka7.2 miles18
Myton8.2 miles18
Neola9.5 miles17
Monarch10.2 miles17
Upalco12.3 miles17
Bluebell12.8 miles17
Arcadia14.2 miles17

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 RooseveltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q129946The 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.