Editing Big Water, Utah

{{Short description|  Town in the state of Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
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|population_total         = 475
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|blank_info               = 49-05534<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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'''Big Water''' is a town in [[Kane County, Utah|Kane County]], [[Utah]], United States. The population was 475 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4905534| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Big Water town, Utah| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=May 21, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213065444/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4905534| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> up from 417 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]. It is located {{convert|17|mi}} northwest of [[Page, Arizona]], on [[U.S. Route 89 in Utah|US-89]] near [[Lake Powell]] and the [[Glen Canyon Dam]]. It was originally called '''Glen Canyon City''' and housed workers who built the dam in the 1950s.

Big Water made news in the 1980s as a [[polygamy|polygamous]] colony of the [[Alex Joseph|Joseph clan]]. It also made news in 1986, when the mayor [[Alex Joseph]] and the city council left the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] to join the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]. This made Joseph the first Libertarian mayor in the history of the U.S. Subsequently, [[Willy Marshall]], also a Libertarian, was elected as the state's first openly gay mayor in 2001.

It was the first place in the United States with a city council where every member was in the Libertarian Party.<ref>{{cite book |last=Winter |first=Brad |author-link=Brad Winter |date=November 29, 2001 |title=1971-2001: The Libertarian Party's 30th Anniversary 72 Year Remembering the first three decades of America's "Party of Principle" |publisher=Constitutional Patriots Opposing Prohibition.}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|16.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Big Water has a [[semi-arid climate]], abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=886024&cityname=Big+Water%2C+Utah%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Big Water, Utah]</ref>

{{weather box
| single line = yes
| collapsed=yes
| precipitation colour = green
| width = auto
| location = Big Water, Utah (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–1974, 1986–present)
| Jan record high F = 71
| Feb record high F = 77
| Mar record high F = 85
| Apr record high F = 96
| May record high F = 104
| Jun record high F = 111
| Jul record high F = 112
| Aug record high F = 108
| Sep record high F = 105
| Oct record high F = 94
| Nov record high F = 91
| Dec record high F = 69
| year record high F =

|Jan avg record high F = 57.6
|Feb avg record high F = 65.5
|Mar avg record high F = 77.2
|Apr avg record high F = 86.6
|May avg record high F = 94.9
|Jun avg record high F = 103.4
|Jul avg record high F = 106.3
|Aug avg record high F = 102.6
|Sep avg record high F = 97.2
|Oct avg record high F = 88.0
|Nov avg record high F = 71.0
|Dec avg record high F = 58.7
|year avg record high F = 106.6

| Jan high F = 45.2
| Feb high F = 52.3
| Mar high F = 62.5
| Apr high F = 70.9
| May high F = 81.0
| Jun high F = 93.0
| Jul high F = 97.8
| Aug high F = 94.5
| Sep high F = 86.7
| Oct high F = 72.0
| Nov high F = 56.7
| Dec high F = 44.8
| year high F = 71.5
| Jan mean F = 34.2
| Feb mean F = 40.3
| Mar mean F = 48.6
| Apr mean F = 56.1
| May mean F = 65.3
| Jun mean F = 76.2
| Jul mean F = 82.4
| Aug mean F = 79.9
| Sep mean F = 71.5
| Oct mean F = 57.8
| Nov mean F = 44.2
| Dec mean F = 34.7
| year mean F = 57.6
| Jan low F = 23.3
| Feb low F = 28.2
| Mar low F = 34.6
| Apr low F = 41.2
| May low F = 49.5
| Jun low F = 59.4
| Jul low F = 67.1
| Aug low F = 65.2
| Sep low F = 56.3
| Oct low F = 43.6
| Nov low F = 31.7
| Dec low F = 24.6
| year low F = 43.7

|Jan avg record low F = 14.4
|Feb avg record low F = 18.6
|Mar avg record low F = 24.9
|Apr avg record low F = 30.4
|May avg record low F = 38.2
|Jun avg record low F = 48.8
|Jul avg record low F = 58.7
|Aug avg record low F = 57.8
|Sep avg record low F = 45.6
|Oct avg record low F = 32.0
|Nov avg record low F = 21.1
|Dec avg record low F = 14.0
|year avg record low F = 11.8

| Jan record low F = -6
| Feb record low F = -3
| Mar record low F = 15
| Apr record low F = 21
| May record low F = 28
| Jun record low F = 37
| Jul record low F = 51
| Aug record low F = 46
| Sep record low F = 37
| Oct record low F = 15
| Nov record low F = 13
| Dec record low F = -3
| year record low F = 
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.72
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.81
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.72
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.53
| May precipitation inch = 0.51
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.20
| Jul precipitation inch = 0.47
| Aug precipitation inch = 0.91
| Sep precipitation inch = 0.81
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.00
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.43
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.56
| year precipitation inch = 7.67
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 3.9
| Feb precipitation days = 4.7
| Mar precipitation days = 4.5
| Apr precipitation days = 3.2
| May precipitation days = 3.3
| Jun precipitation days = 1.6
| Jul precipitation days = 3.7
| Aug precipitation days = 5.4
| Sep precipitation days = 4.2
| Oct precipitation days = 4.3
| Nov precipitation days = 2.3
| Dec precipitation days = 3.8
| year precipitation days = 44.9
| source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=slc|title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data|publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date = November 25, 2022
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00420688&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020|publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date = November 25, 2022
}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1980= 154
|1990= 326
|2000= 417
|2010= 475
|estyear=2019
|estimate=511
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 417 people, 171 households, and 117 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 68.7 people per square mile (26.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 264 housing units at an average density of 43.5 per square mile (16.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 94.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.88% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.24% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.48% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.20% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.28% of the population.

There were 171 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44, and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.4 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 106.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,278, and the median income for a family was $37,917. Males had a median income of $29,091 versus $17,917 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,026. About 11.0% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 22.2% of those aged 65 or over.

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Big Water, Utah}}
* {{official website|https://bigwater.town/}}

{{Kane County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Towns in Kane County, Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1983]]