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.
Population over time
2 figuresSyracuse 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24,331 | |
| 2020 | 32,141 | +7,810 (+32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Promontory Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 335 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | PHRAG |
| 31 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KEITH |
| 9 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | U.P. FIRE |
| 7 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | U STAR |
| 27 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DITCH BANK |
| 16 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | CLIFF CANYON |
| 12 April 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | UPPER WEBER CANYON |
| 29 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GENTILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearfield Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1825, 1981 | |
| South Weber Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Syracuse | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $35,000 | A 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 2004 | Flash Flood | Syracuse | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds at Antelope Island State Park caused significant damage, including damaging multiple pavilions and breaking several windows across the park. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $1,000 | Part of a midsized pear tree was blown down from thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the 2.5 SW West Point mesonet site. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A maximum wind gust of 66 mph was recorded in Syracuse. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Syracuse | - | Multiple people in Davis County reported approximately quarter-sized hail. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | The Antelope Island sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 63 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | The Antelope Island State Park sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 68 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A sensor in Syracuse, Utah recorded a wind gust of 69 mph. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A sensor in Syracuse, Utah recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | The wind sensor at Antelope Island State Park recorded a maximum wind gust of 70 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | The Syracuse sensor in the air quality mesonet recorded a wind gust of 65 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A 63 mph wind gust was produced from a thunderstorm in Syracuse. |
| September 1998 | Waterspout | Syracuse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Crossing | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Allison Acres | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| West Sunset View Estates | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Smedley Acres | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sundial Park | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Barnes | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Marilyn Acres | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Villa Vista | 0.8 miles | 12 |
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 Syracuse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482405 | 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 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.







