Willard, Utah
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brigham City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84340. It lies in Willard Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. 1,978 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,350 feet above sea level.
On record in Willard
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 1 record
Willard Historic Districtlisted 1974
Surveyed buildings and structures 7 records
- George Mason Barn, 150 North Second Street, Willardfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- George Mason Granary, 150 North Second West Street, Willardfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- George Mason House, 150 North Second West, Willardfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- John L. Edwards Granary, 55 South Second West, Willardfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- John L. Edwards House, 55 South Second West, Willardfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Robert Bell Baird House, 195 West Central Street, Willardfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Shadrach Jones House, 101 West Second South, Willardfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresWillard grew from 1,772 to 1,978 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 | 1,772 | |
| 2020 | 1,978 | +206 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Promontory Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken 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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Willard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,899 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 42 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 362 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEAD MANS CURVE |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | HOLMES |
| 29 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | WARMING |
| 22 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 384 |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | I-15 MP 356 |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WILLARD BAY DIKE |
| 19 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BAY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Willard: 23 past producers, 19 producers, 13 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Clay, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pits and Borrow Pits | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eldorado | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Eldorado | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Homber Mines | Graphite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Lead, Malachite, Schist | |
| Homber Mines | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Ogden Boilermakers Claim | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Overland Claim | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Silver Queen | Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Stone Quarry | Quartz | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willard in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Willard | $25,000 | A magnitude EF0 tornado touched down in Willard. The tornado path was one mile, starting at 75 East 300 South and ending at 300 East 230 South. The damage from the tornado included damaged siding, several uprooted trees, a couple of snapped trees, and a tossed empty snowmobile trailer. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | A wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at the I-15 at Willard POE mesonet site. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Willard | - | Half-dollar-sized hail was reported in South Willard. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | Wind gusts with this storm in Box Elder County included 66 mph at the Interstate 15 at Willard Point of Entry sensor, and 60 mph at at Interstate 15 at Tremonton sensor. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Willard | - | A cold air funnel cloud was spotted over Willard Bay. The funnel did not move over land. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | The Willard Point of Entry sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | A 56 knot wind gust was measured at a sensor near Willard Point of Entry on I-15. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerva | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| South Willard | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Perry | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Brigham City | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mantua | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Corinne | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bear River City | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Honeyville | 16.0 miles | 11 |
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 Willard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482707 | 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 1447372. 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.






