Upalco, Utah
Unincorporated community
Looking south along State Route 87 in Upalco, December 2008
Looking south along State Route 87 in Upalco, December 2008
Upalco is located in Utah
Upalco
Upalco
Location of Upalco within the State of Utah
Upalco is located in the United States
Upalco
Upalco
Location of Upalco within the United States
Coordinates: 40°16′41″N 110°13′06″W / 40.27806°N 110.21833°W / 40.27806; -110.21833
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyDuchesne
Elevation
5,755 ft (1,754 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
84002
Area code435
GNIS feature ID1433790[1]

Upalco is an unincorporated community in eastern Duchesne County, Utah, United States.[1]

Description

The community is located in the Uinta Basin on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of the town of Altamont[2] and has an elevation of 5,755 feet (1,754 m).[1] Upalco uses the same ZIP code (84007) that is assigned to Bluebell, a census-designated place located about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) to the north.[3]

Upalco was originally named Lake Fork, after the nearby Lake Fork River, which flows southerly to the west of the community. The name Upalco came from the initial letters of Utah Power and Light Company, which provided funding for an associated, but unidentified project.[2] The Big Sand Wash Reservoir is located about one mile (1.6 km) north of Upalco. (Big Sand State Park, a former Utah state park, was located at the reservoir.)[4][5][Note 1]

Road access to Upalco is primarily by State Route 87 (SR-87), which passes north–south through the community.[4]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ While the former Big Sand State Park on the Big Sand Wash Reservoir (also known as Big Sand State Beach)[5] is no longer a state park, it is still a recreation area that is managed by the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), just not the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation (a division of the DNR).[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Upalco
  2. ^ a b Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Search Results for ZIP code 84007". zipinfo.com. CD Light, LLC. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Google (June 29, 2020). "Upalco, Utah 84066" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
    Note: Google Maps indicates an incorrect ZIP Code of 84066, which is for Roosevelt. not the correct 84007.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Sand State Park

External links

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Municipalities and communities of Duchesne County, Utah, United States
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