South Jordan, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Salt Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84095. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Midvale quadrangle. 77,487 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,439 feet above sea level.
On record in South Jordan
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 3 records
Albert and Celestine Mabey Houselisted 2013- Garside-McMullin Houselisted 1982
- Samuel and Geneva Holt Farmsteadlisted 2001
Surveyed buildings and structures 7 records
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 17 photographs
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, Barn, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, Chicken Coop, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, Equipment Shed, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, Garage, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, Granary, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Richard M. Fairbourn Farm, Horse Barn, 170 West, 11, 400 South, South Jordanfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Jordan grew from 50,418 to 77,487 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 | 50,418 | |
| 2020 | 77,487 | +27,069 (+54%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1925 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1928 USGS Ft. Douglas quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Midvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of South Jordan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TONYA |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PRESERVE |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SIENNA |
| 31 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BINGHAM ASSIST |
| 5 July 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | COLD SPRING |
| 26 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HARDMAN |
| 2 July 2019 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GALENA |
| 7 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MURDOCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of South Jordan: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midvale Minerals Co | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Subsurface Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1914, 1917 | |
| Salt Lake County Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | 1981 | |
| Unidentifie Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Jordan in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 1997 | Hail | South Jordan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | South Jordan | - | Quarter- to half-dollar-sized hail was reported in South Jordan, Sandy, and Cottonwood Heights. |
| August 2002 | Hail | South Jordan | - | Media reports indicated 3/4 inch hail fell in the South Jordan area from a severe thunderstorm. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Jordan | - | Microburst winds blew from the west and northwest along the Wasatch front producing isolated damage reports. The most significant damage occurred in the Woods Cross area. With wind gusts estimated at 80 mph, gravel and small debris became airborne and was driven into a few new cars, damaging the paint and breaking out windows. Auto damage was estimated at $20,000. An adjacent building lost a few shingles. Lightning started at least 12 range fires in Box Elder and Tooele Counties. The northwest microburst winds blew choking smoke into the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Jordan | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | South Jordan | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | South Jordan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lampton | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Crescent | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Endot | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Riverton Siding | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Riverton | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Sandy City | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| West Jordan | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| White City | 3.5 miles | 25 |
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 South Jordan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q52467 | 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 1432728. 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.









