Richfield, Utah Richfield, Utah Location inside Sevier County and the State of Utah.
Location inside Sevier County and the State of Utah.
Richfield is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Sevier County, Utah, in the United States, and is the biggest city in southern-central Utah.
Richfield has advanced as a county-wide tourist center because it is positioned on the interstate motorway about halfway between Los Angeles, California and Denver, Colorado, attracting many automobile passengers who stop at the city.
Richfield is remote from larger cities, about 100 miles (160 km) or more in any direction from more crowded towns, while dozens of lesser communities are found in the general area.
Its remoteness, plus its locale on primary transportation corridors, makes it central Utah's de facto county-wide capital, a shopping and "commercial capital of a vast mountain-valley region." Many citizens from the region drive to Richfield to shop, bowl, golf, to attend theater, concerts, or for theological gatherings.
Richfield is part of "Panoramaland;" it is on the thoroughfare to a several nearby nationwide parks and nationwide forests.
Prehistoric citizens occupied the Richfield region for more than 7,000 years.
In the early part of January 1864, a party of ten men under the leadership of Albert Lewis came from Sanpete County, Utah and appeared in what is now Richfield.
But, when resettled in 1871, Richfield interval to turn into a county-wide center.
Blood vetoed a proposal for a junior college in Richfield.
Fifty-seven years later, Snow College opened a Richfield campus, which serves about 600 pupils per year.
As in most settled areas of non-urban Utah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) plays a prominent part .
From 1847, when they established Salt Lake City, until 1877, they established 360 towns. Following direction from Brigham Young, Latter-day Saints established the town and outlying hamlets about 150 years ago.
Even in this heart of Mormon country, non-Mormons and non-participating Mormons, the latter euphemistically called "less-actives," fill a percentage of voted for offices. Due largely to combined influences of conservative non-urban culture and the Latter-day Saints, the voters of the town/city and the encircling county are predominately [Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].
The Richfield region has 20 primary denominational churches: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, St.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), all land.
Richfield is positioned 5,280 feet (1,610 m) above sea level.
Richfield is served by primary transportation access - situated along Interstate 70 and inside 30 minutes of Interstate 15.
Richfield is positioned 159 miles (256 km) from Salt Lake City and 164 miles (264 km) from St.
Winter high temperatures average in the 30s and 40s with many milder days; low temperatures average in the teens and twenties, with a several mornings starting near or below zero.
Still, December and January average among Richfield's drier months.
July through September, "monsoonal" thunderstorms incessantly form over the close-by peaks contributing to over a third of the 8.12 inches (206.3mm) of annual rainfall. Because of its low humidity and mile-high altitude, the Sevier Valley experiences its average first frost by late September and its last in late May, despite the typically warm fall and spring days.
Richfield's record high is 104 F (40 C), set on July 23, 1931, and the record low is -33 F (-36 C), set on February 6, 1989. Average January temperatures are a high of 41.6 F and a low of 14.4 F.
Average July temperatures are a high of 90.1 F and a low of 52.1 - F .
There are an average of 41.2 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) or higher and an average of 186.4 days with lows of 32 F (0 C) or higher.
The wettest year was 1936 with 13.00 inches and the driest year was 1976 with 4.36 inches.
Climate data for Richfield, Utah (1981 2010) In the city, the populace was spread out with 35.4% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city has seen an increase in populace in every decennial census since 1940, at which time it was announced to have 3,584 citizens living in the city. Major employers in Richfield include Walmart, Sevier Valley Hospital, Lin's Fresh Market, and forest command posts for Fishlake National Forest. Route 89 is the chief highway serving Richfield.
Utah State Route 118 runs to Joseph.
Utah State Route 119 runs to Glenwood.
Utah State Route 120 serves as a company loop through Richfield.
Richfield is served by Greyhound to Denver and Las Vegas, Nevada] and Elevated Transit to Salt Lake City (via Sanpete County). Richfield is positioned in the Sevier School District.
There are two elementary schools (Ashman and Pahvant), one middle school (Red Hills), one high school (Richfield), and one alternative high school (Cedar Ridge). There is also a satellite ground of Snow College. Anderson, architect for the LDS Church - born in Richfield Theodore Brandley, former Mayor of Richfield and a Mormon missionary and colonizer of Stirling, Alberta, Canada.
Senator representing Utah; the first member of the United States Congress to fly in space - born in Richfield Joseph Hansen, secretary and guard to Leon Trotsky in Mexico for the last three years before Trotsky was murdered - born in Richfield Walter Frederick Morrison, the inventor of the Frisbee - born in Richfield Mary Thurman, silent-film actress - born in Richfield Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Richfield, Utah Ward Roylance, Utah: A Guide to the State, Salt Lake City, 1982, p.
Utah Climate Summaries - Richfield Radio KSVC rain table Utah Climate Summaries - Richfield Radio KSVC temperature table "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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