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Uintah, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ogden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84405. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ogden quadrangle. 1,454 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,537 feet above sea level.

Uintah within Weber County

On record in Uintah

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Uintah grew from 1,322 to 1,454 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
20101,322
20201,454+132 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Uintah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,378 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined25
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 2017Fireworksunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands5145 AIRPORT RD
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEBER CANYON 2
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEBER RIVER
9 September 2007Natural2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestWEBER STATE
7 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERNWOOD
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestPOWER PLANT
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSNOW CREEK
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined619 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsUINTAH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weber County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Uintah: 23 prospects, 11 past producers, 9 producers, 8 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Talc-Soapstone, Copper, Iron. 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
Alice Mawle MineUraniumOccurrence
Hobbs Reservoir Talc LocalityTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceUnknown
Strawberry MineCopper, IronPast ProducerLimonite, Malachite
Strawberry MineCopper, IronPast Producer
UnknownTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Clarence Waterfall Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ideal Rock Products South Weber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parsons South Weber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Weber County

Storms near this place

19 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uintah in 19 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
May 2023FloodUintah1 killedAs warmer weather set in during the spring, the prior winter's record setting snowpack began to melt, with runoff leading to cold, elevated, and fast flowing rivers accordingly. For context, the river gage at the outlet of Pineview Reservoir (which has controlled releases that subsequently flow into the Weber River downstream) rose to 7.37 feet by 5:00 pm MST on May 1, just below the historical record peak of 7.38 feet. On Monday May 1 around 4:45 pm MST, the first of many 911 emergency calls were received, stating that a person in distress was seen within the waters of the Weber River, and that they could hear screaming. First responders and emergency personnel began search and rescue operations on the Weber River from approximately Uintah to Marriott-Slaterville soon thereafter. By around 8:00 pm MST, search and rescue crews shifted to a recovery mission. Recovery crews continued for a time in the following days, but ultimately a body was never found and the missing person was presumed to have drowned. The missing person was later identified as an adult woman, age 28, and a family friend had disclosed that the woman had been walking her dogs along the Weber River at her family farm on the afternoon of the incident.
July 2013LightningUintah$20,000Lightning struck the wooden turret of a home near Ogden, setting the roof on fire. The fire spread into one of the upstairs rooms before firefighters were able to put out the blaze. Approximately $20,000 worth of damage occurred, mostly to the roof and electrical wiring.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUintah-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the US-89 at MP 406 Weber River mesonet site.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Power Plant automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Snowbasin - Mount Ogden weather station recorded wind gusts of 61 mph at 8:30 pm MST and 8:45 pm MST, and subsequent peak wind gusts of 62 mph at 9:00 pm MST and 9:15 pm MST. These gusts were associated with outflow from clusters of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Snowbasin Resort Ogden Peak automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 67 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Snowbasin sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 74 mph.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Snowbasin - Ogden Peak mesonet sensor recorded a peak gust of 70 mph.
August 2018HailUintah-Nickel-sized hail was reported in Huntsville and Uintah.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Ogden Peak sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 70 mph.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Weber Canyon Power Plant mesonet site reported a maximum wind gust of 59 mph.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Ogden Peak sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 101 mph, with speeds significantly increased by a passing severe thunderstorm.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindUintah-A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Ogden Peak mesonet sensor.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindUintah-The strong thunderstorm that had moved through Salt Lake and Davis counties, continued into Weber County, with maximum recorded wind gusts of 69 mph at Ogden Peak and 59 mph at the Great Salt Lake Minerals sensor.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Ogden Peak sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 77 mph.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindUintah-The Ogden Peak sensor recorded a wind gust of 73 mph.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindUintah-A wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the Ogden Peak sensor.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindUintah-A southwest wind of 50 knots was measured at the Ogden Peak sensor.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindUintah-A wind gust of 65 knots was measured at Ogden Peak, which has an elevation of 9570 feet.

Every storm recorded in Weber 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
Canyon View0.4 miles14
Mountain Valley Ranchettes0.5 miles14
Oquirrh View0.5 miles14
Shadow Oaks0.5 miles14
Uintah Junction0.5 miles14
East Highland Estates0.6 miles14
High View0.6 miles14
Hartman0.7 miles14

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 UintahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482693The 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 1446835. 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.