Wellsville, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Wellsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84339. It lies near Wide Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville quadrangle. 4,060 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,547 feet above sea level.
On record in Wellsville
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 7 records
Heber K. and Rachel H. Bankhead Houselisted 1997
George Bradshaw House and Joshua Salisbury/George Bradshaw Barnlisted 1982
Howell-Theurer Houselisted 1979
Samuel Crowthers Mitton Houselisted 1982
Zial Riggs Houselisted 1982
Wellsville Relief Society Meeting Houselisted 1989
Wellsville Tabernaclelisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresWellsville grew from 3,432 to 4,060 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 | 3,432 | |
| 2020 | 4,060 | +628 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1914 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000
- 1916 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Logan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Wellsville 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
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Wellsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 2 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | ASPEN |
| 13 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TROY PARKER |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BRUSHY |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GOSHEN |
| 21 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HYRUM DAM |
| 21 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SAVAGE |
| 2 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DRY LAKE |
| 19 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | BRUSHY CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wellsville: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garetts Hollow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garrett's Hollow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Highway Dept No 3025 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Dept No 3031 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ut Dept of Highways Pit No 17028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Highways Pit No. 03031 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 17028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No. 03025 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellsville in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | Flood | Wellsville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Murray's Hill mesonet station recorded an initial strong wind gust of 59 mph at 4:50 pm MST, followed by a subsequent peak wind gust of 66 mph at 5:10 pm MST, and a final strong wind gust of 62 mph at 5:30 pm MST. More modest wind gusts in the 53 mph to 55 mph were recorded in between these observations. These wind gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Murray's Hill mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Murray's Hill mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 at 3:10 am MST, followed by a peak gust of 63 mph at 3:20 am MST. These gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Murray's Hill mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 70 mph as a result of a convective section of a cold frontal boundary advancing through the area. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Sherwood Hills mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the Murray's Hill mesonet site. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Murray's Hill mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 73 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | The Murray's Hill weather station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded by the Sherwood Hills sensor. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Wellsville sensor. |
| August 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greens Corner | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Sterling | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| College Ward | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hyrum | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Holt | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Mendon | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Nibley | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Millville | 6.6 miles | 17 |
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 Wellsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482873 | 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 1447103. 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.







