Wanship, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Coalville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84017. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wanship quadrangle. 423 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,925 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWanship grew from 400 to 423 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 | 400 | |
| 2020 | 423 | +23 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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 Wanship quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1997 USGS Wanship quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Wanship between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,130 acres in total. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWERLINE |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BUZZARD |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SEMI SIDE |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DOG HOLLOW |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RIVERSIDE COTTONWOOD |
| 23 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROCKPORT PARK |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROCKPORT RANCH |
| 19 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WANSHIP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wanship: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big K | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Utelite Clay Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Utelite Clay Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wanship Dam Clay Locality | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Wanship Dam Clay Locality | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys No 22039 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23018 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut State Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 22013 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut State Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 22016 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut. Dep. of Hwys. No 22039 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wanship in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wanship | 1 killed | A 21-year-old male was riding a paddle board on the reservoir at Rockport State Park when a strong wind gust caused by a thunderstorm moved through the area. The victim was separated from his group of friends and drowned in the reservoir. His body was recovered the next day. The strongest wind gusts recorded from nearby sensors included 52 mph at the Interstate 80 at Silver Creek Junction sensor and 45 mph at the Interstate 80 at Wanship sensor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoytsville | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Atkinson | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| Peoa | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Coalville | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Silver Creek Junction | 7.3 miles | 26 | |
| East Basin | 7.5 miles | 26 | |
| Oakley | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Jeremy Ranch | 9.0 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 Wanship | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6166372 | 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 1433942. 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.








