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Syracuse, Utah

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84075. The Survey maps it on the Clearfield quadrangle. 32,141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,285 feet above sea level.

Syracuse within Davis County

Population over time

2 figures

Syracuse grew from 24,331 to 32,141 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
201024,331
202032,141+7,810 (+32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Syracuse between 1993 and 2019, burning about 501 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined335 acresSalt Lake Field OfficePHRAG
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKEITH
9 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsU.P. FIRE
7 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsU STAR
27 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDITCH BANK
16 July 2008Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestCLIFF CANYON
12 April 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestUPPER WEBER CANYON
29 March 2010Debris and open burning150 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGENTILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Syracuse: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, 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
Clearfield BrinesBromineProducer1825, 1981
South Weber Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Davis County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Syracuse in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 waterspout, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Tornado (F0)Syracuse$100,000no account filed
September 2016Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$35,000A University of Utah sensor near Antelope Island recorded a peak wind gust of 75 mph. In addition, the roof of a barn at the Fielding Gar Ranch was severely damaged, and other standing structures, windows, and dumpsters were also damaged by the winds.
June 2004Flash FloodSyracuse$25,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$20,000Strong thunderstorm winds at Antelope Island State Park caused significant damage, including damaging multiple pavilions and breaking several windows across the park.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$1,000Part of a midsized pear tree was blown down from thunderstorm winds.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The Syracuse mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of convective snow showers moving through the area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The U of U Playa Flux Tower mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The Syracuse mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the 2.5 SW West Point mesonet site.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The Syracuse mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The UofU Playa Research Site mesonet station recorded an initial peak gust of 70 mph at 6:14 pm MST, followed by strong gusts to 59mph, 60mph, and 58 mph at 6:15 pm MST, 6:16 pm MST, and 6:19 pm MST respectively. These gusts were a result of outflow winds associated with a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-A maximum wind gust of 66 mph was recorded in Syracuse.
April 2017HailSyracuse-Multiple people in Davis County reported approximately quarter-sized hail.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The Antelope Island sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 63 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The Antelope Island State Park sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 68 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-A sensor in Syracuse, Utah recorded a wind gust of 69 mph.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-A sensor in Syracuse, Utah recorded a wind gust of 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The wind sensor at Antelope Island State Park recorded a maximum wind gust of 70 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-The Syracuse sensor in the air quality mesonet recorded a wind gust of 65 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-A 63 mph wind gust was produced from a thunderstorm in Syracuse.
September 1998WaterspoutSyracuse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Davis 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
Country Crossing0.5 miles12
Allison Acres0.5 miles12
West Sunset View Estates0.5 miles12
Smedley Acres0.6 miles12
Sundial Park0.7 miles12
Barnes0.8 miles12
Marilyn Acres0.8 miles12
Villa Vista0.8 miles12

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 SyracuseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482405The 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 1433147. 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.