Wallsburg, Utah
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Heber City South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84082. It stands on Little Hobble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle. 290 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,676 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWallsburg grew from 250 to 290 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 | 250 | |
| 2020 | 290 | +40 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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
- 1907 USGS Strawberry Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Strawberry Valley 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
- 1966 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
3 photographs, 2022Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Wallsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,835 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WALLBURG 1/2 MILE 189 |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OAK HILL LANE |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 1500 ROUND VALLEY RD |
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RAINBOW BAY 3 |
| 19 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAIN CANYON CAMPFIRE |
| 19 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RAINBOW BAY-ENCORE |
| 18 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUCK CREEK FIRE |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JEPPERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wallsburg: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dep of Hwys No 26028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26018 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 26024 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept of Hwys. No. 26018, Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartzite | |
| Ut. Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Hwys. Gravel Pit No. 26024 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallsburg in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2023 | Hail | Wallsburg | - | A public report of approximately 1 inch diameter hail at Strawberry Reservoir was received. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallsburg | - | The US-40 at MP 55 Dollar Ridge Tripod mesonet station reported a peak wind gust of 67 mph. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Wallsburg | - | A brief, weak tornado touchdown was reported and photographed by multiple individuals at Strawberry Reservoir. No damage was observed. Time, exact location, and path width are all estimated. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Wallsburg | - | Heavy rain caused a large debris flow over the Dollar Ridge Fire burn scar. The nearby Strawberry River saw a peak flow of 2000 cfs. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Wallsburg | - | Heavy rain caused debris flows on the Coal Hollow Fire and Tank Hollow Fire burn scars. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Charleston | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Center Creek | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Heber City | 8.2 miles | 26 | |
| Midway | 9.0 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Spa | 9.8 miles | 26 | |
| Mound City | 10.2 miles | 26 | |
| Independence | 10.5 miles | 23 |
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 Wallsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482471 | 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 1446968. 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.









