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Springville, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Springville-Mapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84663. It lies near Little Rock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle. 35,268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,580 feet above sea level.

Springville within Utah County

On record in Springville

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 12 of 26 shown

Every listing in Utah County

Population over time

2 figures

Springville grew from 29,466 to 35,268 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
201029,466
202035,268+5,802 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

3,929 words

1 chapter about Springville 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)3,929 words

Fires near this place

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Springville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,508 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning21
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSERVICEBERRY HOLLOW
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined848 acresNorthwest AreaETHER HOLLOW
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands10J RXR
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFARMER FIRE
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCAMEL PASS
25 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSPRING CREEK
24 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestROUND MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Springville: 20 producers, 19 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Lead. 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
(Facility) Ironton Smelter DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPlantSurface
Clay Canyon DepositGemstoneProducer
Ironton AditManganese, IronOccurrenceVein
Lower Slate Canyon QuarrySlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
MilkmaidSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Silver Hill PropertyManganeseProducer
Us Ferto CorpPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Ironton North QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Ironton South QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Three Sister Lime Quarry and LilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSpringville$20,000Trees fell onto several hourse in Springville.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSpringville$2,000A tree fell on a church in Springville.
September 2007HailSpringville-Hail with diameters from 0.5 to 0.75 inches were reported in Springville.
June 2006HailSpringville-Estimated size...reported by NSSL. 0.75" report about the same time just east of this location
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Several tree branches were downed between Provo and Springville as thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph (52 kts) blew through the area.
August 2002HailSpringville-no account filed
June 1996HailSpringville-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindSpringville-no account filed

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
Ironton2.3 miles22
Mapleton3.0 miles22
Spanish Fork4.2 miles21
Palmyra5.0 miles22
Sutro5.1 miles22
Provo5.4 miles22
Moark Junction5.8 miles22
Leland6.2 miles21

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 SpringvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482879The 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 1446057. 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.