Beaver, Utah Beaver, Utah Location in Beaver County and the state of Utah Location in Beaver County and the state of Utah Location of Utah in the United States Location of Utah in the United States County Beaver Named for Beaver River Beaver is a town/city in Beaver County, Utah, United States.
The populace was 3,112 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Beaver County. Baldy viewed from Beaver, photographed by William Bell amid the 1872 Wheeler Survey A number of identified prehistoric sites have been found in Beaver County, dating to the Archaic and Sevier Fremont periods.
In 1847-1848, Mormons from the United States advanced a trade route through the Beaver River valley between their new settlements at Salt Lake City in the Utah Territory and Los Angeles, which was still part of Alta California, Mexico.
The initial route crossed the river 3 miles downstream from Beaver at the site that later was advanced as Greenville.
It was routed from the site that advanced as Beaver to Muley Point through more wagon-friendly terrain in Nevershine Hollow and over Beaver Ridge into the canyon of Fremont Wash, rejoining the initial road above Muley Point.
This road became a winter commercial wagon road, known in California as the Los Angeles - Salt Lake Road, and in Mormon settlements in Utah and Arizona Territory (now southern Nevada) as the California Road.
Beaver was settled in 1856 by Mormon pioneers traveling this road; it was one of a string of Mormon settlements along the road through Utah.
Beaver was advanced between the settlements in the Pahvant Valley and those in the Parowan Valley.
In 1873 the US Army established Fort Cameron two miles from Beaver because of Indian raids on the region Mormon settlements.
To serve this isolated area, the territorial government placed the Second Judicial Court of the Utah Territory in Beaver from 1870 until 1896, when Utah became a state.
In 1856 Mormons migrated to the Beaver Valley from Parowan to the south.
Smith were authorized by the council to build a sawmill and gristmill on North Creek, and given control of all water on the foundry site. By 1869, the Mormon pioneer in Beaver were various enough to organize a stake.
Beaver was the first town in Utah to be electrified.
A hydroelectric generation plant was constructed on the Beaver River early in the 20th century.
The plant continues to furnish a large part of Beaver's power requirements today.
In 2006, Beaver won a contest for best tasting non-urban water in the United States. In 2010, Beaver took top honors in the world for best tasting water. Its welcome billboards along I-15 highlight the water character.
Richard La - Von Griffiths, also known as "The Beaver Kid" and "Groovin' Gary," graduated from Beaver High School and worked in Beaver for most of his life.
He is best known as the eccentric, honest, and charming subject of the cult-film The Beaver Trilogy. Beaver is positioned in easterly Beaver County, along Interstate 15, the chief artery for the state of Utah.
To the east of Beaver lie the Tushar Mountains.
The Beaver River flows out of the mountain peaks and through the town/city of Beaver, passing south of downtown before closing west towards Minersville and the Escalante Desert basin.
The Mineral Mountains rise to the west of Beaver, and the South Hills are to the south.
Interstate 15 runs along the edge of Beaver, with access from exits 109 and 112.
I-15 leads north 22 mi (35 km) to the end of Interstate 70 at Cove Fort, 55 mi (89 km) north to Fillmore, and 53 mi (85 km) south to Cedar City.
Utah State Route 153 heads east from Beaver athwart the Tushar Mountains 40 mi (64 km) to Junction, and Utah State Route 21 runs west through the Beaver River Valley 17 mi (27 km) to Minersville.
An meaningful Beaver landmark is the hillside letter B, which is visible from the motorway (38 15 52.26 N 112 34 57.2 W).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.5 sq mi (16.8 km2), all of it land. Beaver has a typical Intermountain Region cool semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk), bordering on a humid continental climate (Dfb), with summers characterised by hot days and chilly evenings, and cold winters with moderate snowfall.
The hottest recorded temperature in Beaver is 102 F or 38.9 C, which has occurred twice on June 21, 1913 and July 26, 1931, and 23.3 days will on average top 90 F or 32.2 C, although the hottest monthly mean minimum is only 62.0 F or 16.7 C in July 1968.
Winters are cold, though not severe, and generally dry, with the city's intermountain valley locale making it sufficiently dry that only 34.1 inches or 0.87 metres of snow flurry can be expected each winter.
Temperatures below 0 F or 17.8 C occur on 9.8 evenings per winter, and the coldest temperature on record is 34 F or 36.7 C on February 9, 1933 amid an exceptionally cold winter.
The most snow flurry has been at least 80.50 inches (2.045 m) between July 1948 and June 1949, and the most in a month 33.5 inches (0.85 m) amid the notoriously cold January 1949 which averaged a record low 9.9 F or 12.3 C with mean minimum as low as 2.1 F or 18.9 C; by way of contrast, no calculable snow fell amid the mild, dry winter of 1962 63.
Climate data for Beaver, Utah (1889 to 1990) As of 2010, the total populace of Beaver was 3,112, which is 26.81% more than it was in 2000.
The populace growth rate is higher than the state average rate of 23.77% and is much higher than the nationwide average rate of 9.71%.
The Beaver populace density is 479.56 citizens per square mile, which is much higher than the state average density of 32.56 citizens per square mile and is much higher than the nationwide average density of 81.32 citizens per square mile.
The most prevalent race in Beaver is white, which represent 88.37% of the total population.
The average Beaver education level is lower than the state average and is lower than the nationwide average.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 32.9% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Beaver city, Utah".
Sketches from Life and Labors of Wilson Gates Nowers by Reinhard Maeser, PD.B.B.D Beaver City, Utah, 1914.
A History of Beaver County, Martha Sonntag Bradley, Utah Centennial County History Series.
"Beaver's water is worth a stop".
"Utah's 'Beaver Kid' dies".
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