Sigurd, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84657. It stands on Brine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sigurd quadrangle. 405 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,226 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSigurd fell from 429 to 405 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 | 429 | |
| 2020 | 405 | -24 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Sigurd quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Sigurd quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Sigurd between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,028 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | KING MEADOW |
| 3 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | CEDAR WASH |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Area | TRASH |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | I70 52 |
| 26 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | ROAD JUMP |
| 22 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Richfield Field Office | BLACK MTN2 |
| 19 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | LANDFILL |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | ROCKY FORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Sigurd: 11 producers, 9 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooley #9 Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bestwall Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Sigurd Gypsum Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Sigurd Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Sigurd Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Us Gypsum Co. Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1948 | |
| Us Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Black Knoll Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Black Knoll Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rainbow Hills Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Venice | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kema | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Prattsville | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Gramse | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Glenwood | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Aurora | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Richfield | 7.8 miles | 15 |
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 Sigurd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483665 | 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 1445583. 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.







