Wellington, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Price census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84542. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle. 1,605 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,413 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWellington fell from 1,676 to 1,605 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 | 1,676 | |
| 2020 | 1,605 | -71 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1896 USGS Price River quadrangle1:250000
- 1915 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Price quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Wellington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ROADSIDE |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STAKE FARM |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILLER CREEK |
| 14 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BROTHERSON |
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Area | PRICE CANAL |
| 7 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HWY 6 MM 245 |
| 9 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SAWDUST |
| 7 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Moab Field Office | AIRPORT ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wellington: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Center Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Chert, Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Miller Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Miller Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Unknown Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04024 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04025 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04015 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Limestone, Sandstone | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04020 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04024 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellington in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2006: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Wellington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Wellington | - | 0.77 inch rain in one hour. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Wellington | - | Golfball size hail |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wood Hill | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Carbonville | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sunnyside Junction | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Glen | 10.2 miles | 20 | |
| Kenilworth | 10.7 miles | 20 | |
| Helper | 11.6 miles | 20 | |
| Wildcat | 12.3 miles | 18 |
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 Wellington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482904 | 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 1434038. 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.







