Stockton, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Tooele-Grantsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84071. It lies near Southport Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Stockton quadrangle. 621 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,118 feet above sea level.
On record in Stockton
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 2 records
Stockton Jaillisted 1985
Stockton Schoollisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresStockton grew from 616 to 621 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 | 616 | |
| 2020 | 621 | +5 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 22 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Stockton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,349 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 55 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | SILCOX |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PIGFARM FIRE |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIDGE LINE |
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | RUSH LAKE |
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | STOCKTON |
| 26 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HOGANS ROAD |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PENNYS CONTROL BURN |
| 2 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RAIL TIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Stockton: 35 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argent | Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Argent Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Ben Harrison Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Malachite, Sphalerite | |
| Ben Harrison Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Calumet Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Galena King Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Honerine Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Honerine Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Morgan:S Warm Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Muscatine Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockton in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2021 | Flood | Stockton | $25,000 | A portion of Soldier Canyon Road was destroyed, and thus closed, due to flooding. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Stockton | $10,000 | The Tooele County emergency manager reported a debris flow from the Jacob City Fire burn scar on county roads near Soldier Creek. Utah Department of Transportation officials also reported mud and rock across state Route 36 following the Flash Flood Warning. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Stockton | $1,000 | Significant flow off of the Jacob City burn scar into Soldier Canyon and Soldier Creek. The road going up Soldier Canyon was closed. SR-36 was closed south of Stockton due to debris and flood waters starting to top the culvert on to SR-36. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | - | A strong thunderstorm moved through the Tooele Valley, producing severe winds. Recorded wind gusts included 65 mph at South Mountain and the Great Salt Lake Marina, 62 mph at the Lake Point at I-80 sensor, and 59 mph at the Tooele City and Stockton Bar sensors. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | - | The South Mountain sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Tad Park (historical) | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Tooele | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Angels Grove | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rush Valley | 7.8 miles | 22 | |
| Ophir | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Saint John | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lincoln | 9.5 miles | 17 |
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 Stockton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483635 | 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 1432990. 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.






