Samak, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Kamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84036. It lies near Red Pine Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Woodland quadrangle. 93 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,857 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSamak fell from 287 to 93 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 | 287 | |
| 2020 | 93 | -194 (-68%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Samak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 771 acres in total. 50 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MRS FIELDS BENCH CREEK |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODLAND HILLS |
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | COOP CREEK 2 |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SLATE |
| 28 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | LOG HOLLOW |
| 27 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | SS HILL |
| 23 September 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WOODLAND DUCE |
| 21 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | RILEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Samak: 8 past producers, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Nos. 1 - 6 , 8 - 15 | Gold, Silver, Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | Jasper | |
| Exploration Investment Quarry | Gemstone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Gold Bullion Nos. 1 - 5 | Manganese, Gold, Silver, Iron | Occurrence | Jasper | |
| High Bluff Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Andesite | |
| Lucky Strike Nos. 1 - 4 , 6 | Iron, Silver, Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Jasper | |
| Quarry Near Woodland Cemetery | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Silver Group | Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Utah Silver Nos. 1 , 2 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 23 , 24 | Silver, Gold, Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| High Bluff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Woodland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Quartzite, Sandstone |
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 Samak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q597722 | 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 1432157. 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.








