Wendover, Utah
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84083. It lies near Needle Point. The Survey maps it on the Wendover quadrangle. 1,115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,291 feet above sea level.
On record in Wendover
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 2 records
B-29 Bombers Hangarlisted 1975
Bonneville Salt Flats Race Tracklisted 1975
Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 109 shown
- Wendover Air Force Base, 844th Bomb Squadron Administration, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, 845th Squadron Operatons Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, 846th Squadron Operations Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, 847th Squadron Operations Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Administration Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Administration Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Administration Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Administration Office, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Administrative Building, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Airmen's Dining Hall, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Airmen's Dormitory, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wendover Air Force Base, Airmen's Dormitory, South of Interstate 80, Wendoverfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresWendover fell from 1,400 to 1,115 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 | 1,400 | |
| 2020 | 1,115 | -285 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wendover quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wendover quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 36 photographs shown, 1940Taken 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.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1940. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Tooele County
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wendover between 1999 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Elko District Office | OLA |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILDCAT ASSIST |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Elko District Office | LEPPY |
| 7 July 2007 | Fireworks | 40 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | MONTEGO |
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | LEPPY PEAK |
| 23 June 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | I80MM408 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wendover: 7 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leppy Peak Sand Dunes | Silica | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Reilly-Wendover Plant | Potassium, Magnesite, Salt | Plant | 1914, 1917 | |
| Utah Salt Co. | Salt | Producer | ||
| Wendover Quad. Sand Dunes | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Bonneville Ltd. Potash Plant | Bromine | Producer | 1914, 1939 | |
| Wendover | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Wendover Quad. Subsurface Brines | Bromine | Producer | 1914, 1917 | |
| Wendover Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Best Western Motel Cuts | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface | |
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wendover in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2013: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | $4,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | The Wendover Peak sensor recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | A thunderstorm produced a dry Microburst wind gust of 59 mph (51 kts) at the Wendover Airport. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | A dry thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph (53 kts) at the airport in Wendover. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | The Port of Entry office at Wendover estimated thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Wendover | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | 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.
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 Wendover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q255781 | 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 1434042. 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.





