Upton, Utah
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Coalville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84017. It stands on Huff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Upton quadrangle. It stands 6,165 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Upton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,494 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | KNOB |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MOORE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TURNER HOLLOW |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | ECHO CREEK RANCH |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PORCUPINE 2 |
| 27 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ELK HORN |
| 24 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CLARK CANYON |
| 22 September 2012 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PINEVIEW 8 |
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 Upton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Highway Dept 22003 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Highway Dept. 22003 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upton in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Upton | $1,000 | A Summit County official reported a foot of water and some gravel spilled out onto Chalk Creek Road. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upton | - | The Clarks Canyon mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Coalville | 9.2 miles | 22 | |
| Echo Resort | 9.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hoytsville | 9.8 miles | 24 | |
| Castle Rock | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Echo | 11.1 miles | 22 | |
| Wanship | 13.9 miles | 24 | |
| Henefer | 14.4 miles | 10 |
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 Upton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104870837 | 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 1437709. 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.







