Ibapah | |
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) The roadway through Ibapah, September 2007 | |
)  Ibapah Location within the state of Utah | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′12″N 113°59′07″W / 40.03667°N 113.98528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Tooele |
| Settled | 1859 |
| Named for | Goshute Ai-bim-pa "White Clay Water" |
| Elevation | 5,282 ft (1,610 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 84034 |
| Area code(s) | 435 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1437592[1] |
Ibapah (/ˈaɪbəpɑː/ EYE-bə-pah) is a small unincorporated community in far western Tooele County, Utah, United States, near the Nevada state line.
Description
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | 174 | — | |
| 1890 | 117 | −32.8% | |
| 1900 | 353 | 201.7% | |
| 1910 | 256 | −27.5% | |
| 1920 | 120 | −53.1% | |
| 1930 | 152 | 26.7% | |
| 1940 | 133 | −12.5% | |
| 1950 | 70 | −47.4% | |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2] | |||
The settlement is located near the Deep Creek Mountains. The site was originally established in 1859 by Mormon missionaries sent to teach the local Native Americans farming methods. A Pony Express station operated here in 1860 and 1861, and the town was on an early alignment of the Lincoln Highway. A post office operated here from 1883 to 1980. Ibapah is currently inhabited mostly by Goshute people, with scattered farmlands and a trading post belonging to more recent settlers. The community is the headquarters of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, a federally recognized tribe.
Originally named Deep Creek for a creek of the same name in the area, the name was later changed to Ibapah, an anglicized form of the Goshute word Ai-bim-pa or Ai'bĭm-pa which means "White Clay Water".[3][4]
The town is isolated and is usually reached by going out of Utah into Nevada and back into Utah.
Climate
The climate is typical of that of a high elevation Great Basin location, being semi-arid and featuring, in consequence, large differences in temperature between day and night.
| Climate data for Ibapah, Utah (Elevation 5,280ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 68 (20) | 75 (24) | 82 (28) | 88 (31) | 98 (37) | 103 (39) | 108 (42) | 107 (42) | 102 (39) | 94 (34) | 79 (26) | 73 (23) | 108 (42) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 41.6 (5.3) | 45.8 (7.7) | 53.9 (12.2) | 62.0 (16.7) | 71.3 (21.8) | 81.7 (27.6) | 91.6 (33.1) | 90.0 (32.2) | 80.5 (26.9) | 67.5 (19.7) | 52.9 (11.6) | 42.3 (5.7) | 65.1 (18.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 10.0 (−12.2) | 15.7 (−9.1) | 21.8 (−5.7) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 33.8 (1.0) | 39.8 (4.3) | 46.8 (8.2) | 44.9 (7.2) | 35.6 (2.0) | 26.8 (−2.9) | 17.9 (−7.8) | 10.6 (−11.9) | 27.6 (−2.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −39 (−39) | −32 (−36) | −17 (−27) | 2 (−17) | 8 (−13) | 20 (−7) | 23 (−5) | 21 (−6) | 10 (−12) | −3 (−19) | −19 (−28) | −38 (−39) | −39 (−39) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.62 (16) | 0.77 (20) | 0.95 (24) | 1.29 (33) | 1.44 (37) | 0.98 (25) | 0.82 (21) | 0.90 (23) | 0.72 (18) | 0.95 (24) | 0.60 (15) | 0.65 (17) | 10.69 (272) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.9 (18) | 7.1 (18) | 5.1 (13) | 3.4 (8.6) | 1.2 (3.0) | 0. (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.7 (4.3) | 3.3 (8.4) | 5.9 (15) | 34.7 (88) |
| Source: The Western Regional Climate Center[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ibapah
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.
- ^ The University of Utah - Shoshoni Dictionary
- ^ "Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation Information". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
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