Sandy City, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84070. The Survey maps it on the Midvale quadrangle. 96,904 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,449 feet above sea level.
On record in Sandy City
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 within a mile 12 of 51 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bateman Agriculture and Development Companylisted 1996 · 0.0 miles away
Sandy Co-Op Blocklisted 1992 · 0.1 miles away
Sandy City Banklisted 1997 · 0.1 miles away
Abba R. Holman Blocklisted 1992 · 0.1 miles away
Hyrum and Selma Erickson Jacobson Houselisted 1999 · 0.1 miles away
Sandy Tithing Officelisted 1985 · 0.1 miles away
John and Mary Mattson Houselisted 1996 · 0.1 miles away
Sandy Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.1 miles away
Sandy LDS Stake Recreational Halllisted 2000 · 0.1 miles away
Hyrum and Mary A. Terry Peterson Mickelson Houselisted 1999 · 0.1 miles away
Y. Martin and Hannah Nelson Anderson Houselisted 1999 · 0.2 miles away
Frederick C. and Anna Anderson Houselisted 1997 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSandy City grew from 87,461 to 96,904 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 | 87,461 | |
| 2020 | 96,904 | +9,443 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sandy City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 15 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 | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TONYA |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | QUAIL HOLLOW |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SIENNA |
| 31 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BINGHAM ASSIST |
| 12 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | UNION ASSIST |
| 7 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MURDOCK |
| 29 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIVER |
| 21 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 963 W MOGUL PEAK RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Sandy City: 20 producers, 11 past producers, 9 occurrences. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cottonwood Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Midvale Minerals Co | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Dipper Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1925, 1946 | |
| Josephine Tunnel Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Beehive Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beehive Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cottonwood Heights Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Draper Gravel Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Draper Gravel Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy City in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy City | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds in Sandy sent a large tree onto several cars, and knocked other trees onto a house and several power lines. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy City | $1,000 | A tree with a diameter of approximately 3 inches was knocked down by thunderstorm winds in Sandy. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Sandy City | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Sandy. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Sandy City | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near Sandy, Utah. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Sandy City | - | Penny-sized hail, or hail of approximately 0.75 inches in diameter, was reported near Sandy. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy City | - | Shingles blown off a roof, numerous small branches down |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy City | - | Microburst wind gusts to 61 mph (53 kts) knocked over two 40' trees in Sandy. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Sandy City | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail along Fort Union Blvd. in Sandy. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endot | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Midvale | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| White City | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Union | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Lampton | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Crescent | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Atwood | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Little Cottonwood Creek Valley | 3.0 miles | 25 |
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 Sandy City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q52470 | 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 1455905. 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.









