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Snowville, Utah

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Howell-Snowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84336. The Survey maps it on the Snowville quadrangle. 163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,547 feet above sea level.

Snowville within Box Elder County

Population over time

2 figures

Snowville fell from 167 to 163 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
2010167
2020163-4 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1940

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.

Mormon children sitting on the cellar steps. Snowville, Utah
Mormon children sitting on the cellar steps. Snowville, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Snowville, Utah
Snowville, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Snowville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,308 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCAT'S SMOKE IN TREE
14 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDILLY
14 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSNOWVILLE LANDFILL
10 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSNOWVILLE
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRADIO HILL
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHURD
30 August 2017Natural2.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPETERSON 2
30 August 2001Natural4.5 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeBALLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Snowville: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J.C. Harris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Jc Harris Pit No.02145Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snow Pass GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Snow Pass GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snowville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Snowville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept Highways Pit No.02147Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #02147Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

22 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snowville in 22 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 WindSnowville-The Snowville (South) mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Chaulk Hill mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 66 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A wind gust of 65 mph was recorded at the Hansel Valley mesonet site.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Hansel Valley mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Hansel Valley mesonet station recorded an initial peak wind gust of 66 mph at 4:00 pm MST, followed by a gust of 61 mph at 4:10 pm MST, and a final severe gust of 59 mph at 4:20 pm MST. These gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a line of thunderstorms collapsing overhead.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Hansel Valley mesonet site.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A wind gust of 62 mph was reported at the Hansel Valley mesonet site.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the Hansel Valley mesonet site.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A 60 mph wind gust was reported at the Chaulk Hill mesonet site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Hansel Valley mesonet station recorded an initial peak gust of 69 mph at 6:00 pm MST, and a subsequent strong gust of 59 mph at 6:10 pm MST. These gusts were a result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Hansel Valley mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A wind gust of 61 mph was reported at the Chaulk Hill mesonet site.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Hansel Valley mesonet site recorded an initial strong wind gust of 61 mph at 4:30 pm MST, and a subsequent peak wind gust of 64 mph at 4:40 pm MST. These gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Chaulk Hill mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 66 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-Mesonet station PC358 Hansel Valley recorded a wind gust of 74 mph.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Hansel Valley mesonet station recorded a period of strong wind gusts ranging from 61 mph to 67 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. The peak wind gust of 67 mph was recorded at 5:40 pm MST.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSnowville-Tree limbs were broken off and some shingles were blown off of a house, with winds estimated to be 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSnowville-Trees were downed and a couple of abandoned trailers were damaged, with one blown off of its foundation. Winds were estimated to be 75 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSnowville-The Chaulk Hill sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Snowville-A brief tornado touchdown was observed and photographed near Snowville. No damage was reported. Time, exact location, and path width are all estimated.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSnowville-A peak wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Chaulk Hill sensor.
September 2002HailSnowville-A severe thunderstorm dumped heavy rain and 3/4 inch hail on the town of Snowville.

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Blue Creek15.2 miles9
Howell18.3 miles9
Curlew Junction18.6 miles11
Cedar Springs23.1 miles10
Cedar Creek23.7 miles11
Hardup23.9 miles11
Promontory (historical)25.4 miles9
Kelton25.9 miles10

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 SnowvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483671The 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 1432604. 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.