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Spanish Fork, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Spanish Fork-Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. It lies near Wolf Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Fork quadrangle. 42,602 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,577 feet above sea level.

Spanish Fork within Utah County

On record in Spanish Fork

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Spanish Fork grew from 34,691 to 42,602 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
201034,691
202042,602+7,911 (+23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

2,877 words

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

ChapterFrom Length
Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful GrowthUtah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth and Its Splendid Promise for the Future : Also a Descriptive Review of Its Resources, Attractions, Industries, Leading Business Houses and Institutions, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Early Settlers (1897)2,877 words

Fires near this place

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 315 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined143
Debris and open burning54
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8660 S.
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWERHOUSE RD.
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOUT HOUSE FIRE
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALEM CANAL FIRE
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands10J RXR
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsACE
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSWEDE LANE
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHINGLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Spanish Fork: 20 producers, 10 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Geothermal. 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
Castilla Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Clay Canyon DepositGemstoneProducer
Dream MineGold, SilverProspect
MilkmaidSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Silver Hill PropertyManganeseProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer
Us Ferto CorpPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mapleton Ne Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mapleton Siding Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spanish Fork in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSpanish Fork1 killedA 46-year-old man was killed after a strong Microburst blew his fireworks stand on top of him.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSpanish Fork$10,000A sensor near Point of the Mountain, named Portable RWIS #2, recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. In addition, damage was reported in the Spanish Fork area, with multiple trees and power lines blown over.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSpanish Fork$2,000Strong microburst winds knocked down small trees and power lines in Spanish Fork. Wind gusts recorded in the event included 69 mph (60 kts) in Orem and 54 mph (47 mph) in Payson.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSpanish Fork$500Public report of approximately 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs broken.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSpanish Fork-A large tree was blown down.
June 2006Flash FloodSpanish Fork-Heavy rain resulted in flooding of 3 Forks Creek. Numerous mudslides reported. Campgroud evacuated by law enforcement.
June 2006HailSpanish Fork-Estimated size
July 2005Flash FloodSpanish Fork-Water and debris covering Rt 6, reporetd by Dept of Highways.
July 2005Flash FloodSpanish Fork-Mud water and debris covering RT 6.

Every storm recorded in Utah 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
Leland2.2 miles21
Palmyra2.9 miles22
Lewis3.3 miles21
Sutro3.5 miles22
Lake Shore4.0 miles21
Moark Junction4.2 miles22
Mapleton4.2 miles22
Springville4.2 miles22

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 Spanish ForkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482552The 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 1445945. 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.