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Vernon, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Rush Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84080. It stands on Vernon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle. 256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,515 feet above sea level.

Vernon within Tooele County

On record in Vernon

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Vernon grew from 243 to 256 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
2010243
2020256+13 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Vernon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,710 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeRESERVOIR
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON
18 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeVERNON CRK
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST BENMORE
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeAQUEDUCT
4 August 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestRED PINE
24 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDUNBAR
22 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeTRUCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Vernon: 18 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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
Calcite QuarryCalcium, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
International GroupLeadProducer
New EclipseLead, SilverProducer
Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2002: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2002Thunderstorm WindVernon-A severe thunderstorm gust to 64 mph (56 kts) was recorded at Vernon Hills.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindVernon-A severe thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph (61 kts) was recorded at Vernon Hill.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindVernon-Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 60 mph (52 kts) at Hat Island, Gunnison Island, and Vernon Hill.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindVernon-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindVernon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tooele 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
Pehrson4.6 miles17
Faust6.7 miles16
Lofgreen8.0 miles17
Center11.0 miles22
Topliff12.5 miles19
Clover16.9 miles22
West Mercur17.4 miles23
Saint John18.2 miles22

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 VernonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482439The 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 1446932. 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.