Scipio, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84656. It stands on Round Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scipio South quadrangle. 353 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,315 feet above sea level.
On record in Scipio
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 5 records
Peter Quarnberg Houselisted 1982
Robins, Merien, and Rosabelle, Houselisted 2001
Scipio Town Halllisted 1988
Thuesen-Petersen Houselisted 1983- Scipio Cooperative Mercantile Institution Buildinglisted 2020
Population over time
2 figuresScipio grew from 327 to 353 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 | 327 | |
| 2020 | 353 | +26 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Scipio South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Scipio South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Scipio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,815 acres in total. 90 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | DEVILS CANYON |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BIG HOLLOW |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | JIM WILLS |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | LOW HILLS |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | LITTLEIND3 |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | LITTLEIND1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Scipio: 14 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scipio North Gravel Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Scipio Pass Gravel Pit #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Scipio Pass Gravel Pit No. 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Scipio Pass Gravel Pit No.4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scipio Pass Gravel Pit No.5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scipio South Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Scipio South Gravel Pit No.3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14004 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14005 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14015 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scipio in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2024 | Flood | Scipio | $5,000 | State Route 50 was closed from Scipio to Salina from milepost 131 to milepost 154 due to flooding. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | The Scipio Summit mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | The Scipio Summit mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | The I-15 @ Scipio Summit mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 70 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | The UTSCI mesonet station recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | The I-15 @ Scipio Summit sensor recorded a peak gust of 58 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holden | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oak City | 15.2 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Maple Grove | 15.9 miles | 14 | |
| McCornick | 16.2 miles | 15 | |
| Harding | 19.3 miles | 16 | |
| Leamington | 22.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fillmore | 22.3 miles | 17 |
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 Scipio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482464 | 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 1445376. 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.






