Scofield, Utah
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84526. It lies near U P Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Scofield quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,740 feet above sea level.
On record in Scofield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Jones Mine, Scofieldfederal building survey, 17 photographs
- Winter Quarters Mine, Scofieldfederal building survey, 21 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresScofield grew from 24 to 26 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 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 26 | +2 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1923 USGS Scofield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Scofield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Scofield quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nephi quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2001 USGS Scofield quadrangle1:24000
What the histories say of this town
60,210 words1 chapter about Scofield from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| History | History of the Scofield Mine Disaster : A Concise Account of the Incidents and Scenes That Took Place at Scofield, Utah, May 1, 1900. When Mine Number Four Exploded, Killing 200 Men. Profusely Illustrated by 70 Choice Engravings (1900) | 60,210 words in 4 parts |
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Scofield between 1993 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUMP CREEK |
| 15 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | MINE TIMBER |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | WOODS CANYON |
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 251 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WES SCOFIELD STATE |
| 3 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BROADS CANYON |
| 29 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KIRSTEN |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREEN |
| 26 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Manti-Lasal National Forest | TROUGH SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Scofield: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Deposit #04001 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Deposit 04002 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone, Quartzite, Sandstone | |
| Gravel Deposit 04002 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Limestone, Quartzite, Sandstone | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways No. 04001 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Quarters (historical) | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Clear Creek | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Consumers | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Coal City | 8.6 miles | 20 | |
| Latuda | 11.5 miles | 18 | |
| Standardville | 12.2 miles | 18 | |
| Storrs | 12.9 miles | 18 | |
| Peerless | 13.4 miles | 18 |
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 Scofield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482489 | 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 1445380. 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.









