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Smithfield, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Smithfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84335. It lies near Birch Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Smithfield quadrangle. 13,571 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,603 feet above sea level.

Smithfield within Cache County

On record in Smithfield

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

Population over time

2 figures

Smithfield grew from 9,495 to 13,571 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,495
202013,571+4,076 (+43%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

What the histories say of this town

2,464 words

1 chapter about Smithfield from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Cache County, the Eden of Utah : an Inland Empire, Abounding in NaturaCache County, the Eden of Utah : an Inland Empire, Abounding in Natural Wealth and Unusual Opportunities. One of the West's Most Fertile Spots. A Land Offering Inducements to Both Farmer and Manufacturer (1916)2,464 words

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Smithfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 801 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined14
Natural7
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCENTERVILLE V
23 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCUTLER PEAK
22 September 2019Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHYDE PARK CANYON
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeDRY HOLLOW
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCIRCLE VIEW
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYDE PARK LANE
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROCKING R
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMENDANHALL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Smithfield: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State Highway Dept No 3009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Highways Pit No. 03011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No 03012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No. 03009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Utah Dept of Highways Pit # 03005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Highway Dept No 3011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Highway Dept No 3012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cache County

Storms near this place

12 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithfield in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$5,000Public social media pictures showing large trees downed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$1,000Six inch diameter limbs were downed from strong winds in Smithfield.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$1,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded an initial strong wind gust of 58 mph at 12:40 pm MST, followed by a subsequent peak wind gust of 68 mph at 1:20 pm MST, and a final strong gust of 67 mph at 1:30 pm MST. These wind gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 77 mph as a result of a convective section of a cold frontal boundary advancing through the area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-A wind gust of 74 mph was recorded at the Crow Mountain mesonet site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The PacifiCorp Crow Mountain mesnonet station measured a wind gust of 59 mph at 8:10 pm MST as a result of nearby thunderstorms.
September 2019HailSmithfield-Quarter-sized hail was reported near Smithfield.
September 2019HailSmithfield-Quarter-sized hail was reported near Smithfield.

Every storm recorded in Cache County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cardon1.1 miles18
Hyde Park2.8 miles18
White Horse Village3.6 miles18
Amalga3.7 miles16
North Logan5.0 miles18
Greenville5.0 miles18
Riverside5.9 miles16
Richmond5.9 miles15

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 SmithfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482387The 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 1445709. 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.