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.
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
John C. Sharp Houselisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresVernon 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 243 | |
| 2020 | 256 | +13 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Tooele Valley quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tooele quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Rush Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | RESERVOIR |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | VERNON |
| 18 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | VERNON CRK |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | EAST BENMORE |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | AQUEDUCT |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | RED PINE |
| 24 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DUNBAR |
| 22 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | TRUCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcite Quarry | Calcium, Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| International Group | Lead | Producer | ||
| New Eclipse | Lead, Silver | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | - | A severe thunderstorm gust to 64 mph (56 kts) was recorded at Vernon Hills. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | - | A severe thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph (61 kts) was recorded at Vernon Hill. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | - | Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 60 mph (52 kts) at Hat Island, Gunnison Island, and Vernon Hill. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pehrson | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Faust | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lofgreen | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Center | 11.0 miles | 22 | |
| Topliff | 12.5 miles | 19 | |
| Clover | 16.9 miles | 22 | |
| West Mercur | 17.4 miles | 23 | |
| Saint John | 18.2 miles | 22 |
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 Vernon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482439 | 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 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.






