Black Rock, Millard County, Utah
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Black Rock, Utah | |
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 Railroad crossing in Black Rock with the namesake black rock formations in the background. | |
  Black Rock Location of Black Rock within the State of Utah  Black Rock Black Rock (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°42′30″N 112°57′30″W / 38.70833°N 112.95833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Millard |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Abandoned | 1959 |
| Elevation | 4,856 ft (1,480 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1425709[1] |
Black Rock is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town in the Beaver Bottoms in southern Millard County, Utah, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Milford.[1][2]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 61 | — | |
| 1910 | 52 | −14.8% | |
| 1920 | 41 | −21.2% | |
| 1930 | 72 | 75.6% | |
| 1940 | 46 | −36.1% | |
| 1950 | 19 | −58.7% | |
| Source: US Census Bureau[3] | |||
The town was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (later Union Pacific Railroad), and was a community center for the few settlers in the area during the late nineteenth century. As area roads and vehicular travel improved beginning in the twentieth century, its relative importance waned. A post office operated at Black Rock from 1891 to 1959.[4] The site is now a ghost town although there is at least one occupied home in or near the town.
The town was named for a nearby rock formation.[5]
Climate
| Climate data for Black Rock, Utah(1991-2020 normals, extremes since Dec 1900) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 68.0 (20.0) |
75.0 (23.9) |
86.0 (30.0) |
93.0 (33.9) |
99.0 (37.2) |
106.0 (41.1) |
108.0 (42.2) |
105.1 (40.6) |
102.0 (38.9) |
90.0 (32.2) |
80.1 (26.7) |
66.9 (19.4) |
108.0 (42.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 42.3 (5.7) |
49.1 (9.5) |
60.7 (15.9) |
67.5 (19.7) |
76.9 (24.9) |
87.7 (30.9) |
94.6 (34.8) |
91.9 (33.3) |
82.5 (28.1) |
68.9 (20.5) |
54.4 (12.4) |
42.0 (5.6) |
68.2 (20.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 29.3 (−1.5) |
34.9 (1.6) |
43.6 (6.4) |
49.5 (9.7) |
58.0 (14.4) |
67.4 (19.7) |
75.1 (23.9) |
72.9 (22.7) |
63.2 (17.3) |
50.6 (10.3) |
38.5 (3.6) |
28.7 (−1.8) |
51.0 (10.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.3 (−8.7) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
26.6 (−3.0) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
39.0 (3.9) |
47.1 (8.4) |
55.5 (13.1) |
53.8 (12.1) |
43.8 (6.6) |
32.4 (0.2) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
15.5 (−9.2) |
33.7 (1.0) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −33.0 (−36.1) |
−27.9 (−33.3) |
−13.0 (−25.0) |
0.0 (−17.8) |
17.1 (−8.3) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
30.0 (−1.1) |
28.0 (−2.2) |
17.1 (−8.3) |
−6.0 (−21.1) |
−18.9 (−28.3) |
−36.9 (−38.3) |
−36.9 (−38.3) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.59 (15) |
0.72 (18) |
0.84 (21) |
0.95 (24) |
0.93 (24) |
0.46 (12) |
0.58 (15) |
0.73 (19) |
0.70 (18) |
0.98 (25) |
0.61 (15) |
0.71 (18) |
8.8 (224) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.5 (14) |
4.7 (12) |
3.0 (7.6) |
1.7 (4.3) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
2.4 (6.1) |
6.2 (16) |
23.7 (60.5) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 4.3 | 5 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 53.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.01 in) | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2 | 7.4 |
| Source: [6][7] | |||||||||||||
