Editing Vernal, Utah

{{short description|City in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| name                     = Vernal, Utah
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| motto                    = 
| image_skyline            = East entry to Vernal, Utah, on US-40 (7063605801).jpg
| image_caption            = East entrance of Vernal (2012)
| image_map                = Uintah County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Vernal highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location within [[Uintah County, Utah|Uintah County]] and [[Utah]]
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Uintah County, Utah|Uintah]]
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| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1876
| named_for                = [[wikt:vernal|Vernal]]
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| area_total_sq_mi         = 4.62
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| population_footnotes     = 
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_total         = 10,079
| pop_est_footnotes        = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 2022
| population_est           = 10,432
| population_density_sq_mi = 2180.7
| population_density_km2   = 871.95
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| timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
| utc_offset               = &minus;7
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code              = 84078-84079
| area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 49-80090<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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| website                  = [http://www.vernalcity.org/ vernalcity.org]
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Vernal''', the [[county seat]] and largest city in [[Uintah County, Utah|Uintah County]], is in northeastern [[Utah]], approximately {{convert|175|mi|sigfig=2}} east of [[Salt Lake City]] and {{convert|20|mi}} west of the [[Colorado]] border.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |work=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the city population was 10,079. The population has since grown to 10,432 as of the 2022 population estimate.<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/vernalcityutah/PST045222 |title=QuickFacts: Vernal city, Utah |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>

Vernal is home to the [[Vernal Utah Temple|Vernal Temple]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and one of the nine statewide regional campuses of [[Utah State University]]. The city serves as a gateway to the nearby [[Dinosaur National Monument]], [[Flaming Gorge Reservoir|Flaming Gorge]], and the [[Uinta Mountains|Uinta Mountain Range]].

==History==
Vernal, unlike most Utah towns, was not settled by [[Mormons]] moving west, or across the state. [[Brigham Young]] sent a scouting party to the area [[Uintah Basin]] in 1861 and received word back that the area was good for nothing but nomad purposes, hunting grounds for Indians, and "to hold the world together." That same year, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] set the area aside as the [[Uintah Indian Reservation]], with Captain Pardon Dodds appointed as [[Indian agent]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/places/vernal.html |title=Vernal |publisher=Historytogo.utah.gov |access-date=2012-11-09 |archive-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119030933/http://historytogo.utah.gov/places/vernal.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dodds later built the first cabin erected by a white man in the Uintah Basin around 1868. Settlers began to filter in after that and built cabins in various spots on or near [[Ashley Creek (Utah)|Ashley Creek]]. In 1879, many came close to perishing during the infamous "Hard Winter" of that same year.

==Geography==
Vernal is in the Uintah Basin, bordered on the north by the [[Uinta Mountains]], one of the relatively few mountain ranges which lie in an east–west rather than the usual north-to-south direction. The Tavaputs Plateau lies to the south and Blue Mountain to the east, while Vernal itself lies in Ashley Valley.  The valley is named in honor of [[William H. Ashley]], an early fur trader who entered the area in 1825 by floating down the [[Green River (Colorado River)|Green River]] in a [[bull boat]] made of animal hides.

Vernal is located on the northern edge of the Colorado Plateau and south of [[Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area]] on the Utah-Wyoming state line. The city is in a [[desert|high desert]] area of the [[Colorado Plateau]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

===Climate===
Vernal has a [[cold desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BWk'') with low humidity. The average annual temperature is {{convert|46.9|°F}} with a [[mean]] high of {{convert|59.8|°F}} and a mean low of {{convert|34.0|°F}}.<ref name=NOAA />

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|Jan record high F = 57
|Feb record high F = 64
|Mar record high F = 79
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 101
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 97
|Oct record high F = 89
|Nov record high F = 72
|Dec record high F = 65

|Jan avg record high F = 42.8
|Feb avg record high F = 51.5
|Mar avg record high F = 67.5
|Apr avg record high F = 77.0
|May avg record high F = 84.6
|Jun avg record high F = 93.6
|Jul avg record high F = 96.5
|Aug avg record high F = 94.3
|Sep avg record high F = 88.9
|Oct avg record high F = 76.6
|Nov avg record high F = 60.1
|Dec avg record high F = 45.7
|year avg record high F = 97.3

|Jan high F = 29.2
|Feb high F = 37.1
|Mar high F = 51.1
|Apr high F = 59.9
|May high F = 70.2
|Jun high F = 81.4
|Jul high F = 88.7
|Aug high F = 86.0
|Sep high F = 76.3
|Oct high F = 61.2
|Nov high F = 45.7
|Dec high F = 31.3
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|Jan mean F = 19.6
|Feb mean F = 26.8
|Mar mean F = 38.8
|Apr mean F = 46.7
|May mean F = 56.4
|Jun mean F = 66.0
|Jul mean F = 72.7
|Aug mean F = 70.5
|Sep mean F = 61.2
|Oct mean F = 48.0
|Nov mean F = 34.6
|Dec mean F = 22.0
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|Jan low F = 10.0
|Feb low F = 16.5
|Mar low F = 26.5
|Apr low F = 33.5
|May low F = 42.6
|Jun low F = 50.5
|Jul low F = 56.7
|Aug low F = 55.1
|Sep low F = 46.1
|Oct low F = 34.8
|Nov low F = 23.5
|Dec low F = 12.7
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|Jan avg record low F = -4.7
|Feb avg record low F = 0.7
|Mar avg record low F = 13.6
|Apr avg record low F = 20.2
|May avg record low F = 29.6
|Jun avg record low F = 37.0
|Jul avg record low F = 47.4
|Aug avg record low F = 45.3
|Sep avg record low F = 33.4
|Oct avg record low F = 20.5
|Nov avg record low F = 8.8
|Dec avg record low F = -2.3
|year avg record low F = -7.8

|Jan record low F = -38
|Feb record low F = -38
|Mar record low F = -18
|Apr record low F = 0
|May record low F = 12
|Jun record low F = 24
|Jul record low F = 25
|Aug record low F = 32
|Sep record low F = 19
|Oct record low F = 2
|Nov record low F = -13
|Dec record low F = -32

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|Feb precipitation inch = 0.56
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.68
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.75
|May precipitation inch = 1.04
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|Jul precipitation inch = 0.54
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.81
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.22
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.15
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.51
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.61
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|Oct snow days = 0.4
|Nov snow days = 1.2
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|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1880= 799
|1890= 1305
|1900= 664
|1910= 836
|1920= 1309
|1930= 1744
|1940= 2119
|1950= 2845
|1960= 3655
|1970= 3908
|1980= 6600
|1990= 6644
|2000= 7714
|2010= 9089
|2020= 10076

|estref=<ref name="USCensusquickfacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/vernalcityutah/PST045222|date=July 25, 2023 |title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates |work=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2020, there were 10,076 people, 3,217 households, and 2,095 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2180.7 people per square mile (650.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,217 housing units at an average density of 696.3 per square mile (249.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 83.17% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.46% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.68% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.79% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.48% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.91% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.48% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 8.62% of the population.
There were 3,217 households, out of which 37.79% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.86.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.7% under the age of 18, 11.06% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.54% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.5 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $50,692, and the median income for a family was $34,453. About 14.7% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]].

==Economy==
Vernal's economy is based on extracting natural resources, including [[petroleum]], [[natural gas]], [[phosphate]], and uintaite (more commonly known as [[gilsonite]]). This has led to the establishment of branch offices of companies such as [[Halliburton]] and [[Schlumberger]].{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Tourism also plays a role in Vernal's economy due to the town's roots in the [[Old West]] and being a large site of ancient [[dinosaur]] [[fossil]]s.{{cn|date=November 2024}} Vernal and the surrounding area are popular among [[outdoor enthusiast]]s as they are situated near plentiful spots for [[fishing]], [[fly fishing]], [[hunting]], and other outdoor activities.

==Education==
Vernal's public schools include Ashley Valley Education Center, Uintah High, Uintah Middle School, Vernal Middle, Ashley Elementary, Discovery Elementary, and branches of [[Utah State University]] and [[Uintah Basin Technical College]]. In 2015, the Terra Academy opened as a K–12 charter school. Private schools include White House Academy and Uintah Basin Christian Academy. In 2007, Uintah School District built new buildings for two elementary schools, Maeser and Naples Elementary, in the nearby communities to accommodate increased enrollment and eliminate unsafe older buildings. Other area schools include Davis Elementary, Lapoint Elementary, and Eagle View Elementary ([[Pre-kindergarten|pre-K–8]]). The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Rocky Mountain River Base.

==Transportation==
===Highways===
Vernal is along an east–west federal highway, [[U.S. Route 40 in Utah|U.S. Route 40]], and a north–south federal highway, [[U.S. Route 191 in Utah|U.S. Route 191]]. (The two highways overlay each other heading west from the city.)

===Airport===
The city's [[Vernal Regional Airport]] has scheduled nonstop air service to [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix]] (PHX) operated by [[Contour Airlines]] with [[Embraer ERJ]] jet aircraft.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240226014850/https://www.vernal.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=254]</ref> Passenger service is subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] (EAS) program. Twice weekly service is also offered To [[Salt Lake City International Airport|Salt Lake City ]] via Redtail Air.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://flyredtail.com/redtail-air-connections/ | title=Salt Lake City Flights: Moab & Vernal - Redtail Air Connections }}</ref>

===Public Transportation===

Vernal is served by two out of the three Basin Transit Association routes,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ridebta.com/ |title=Basin Transit Association, Service and Fares |access-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref> the Vernal - Roosevelt route (connection available to the Duchesne route in Roosevelt), and the Vernal Circulator, as well as a Salt Lake Express route to Salt Lake City<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webstore.saltlakeexpress.com/ |title=Salt Lake Express Bus, Purchase Tickets |location=Utah |access-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref>

==Attractions==
===Special events===
The Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo is an annual [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association|PRCA]] rodeo held in Vernal during the second weekend of July. It has been running since the 1930s. This event has been nominated as one of the top five large outdoor rodeos of the year multiple times, and attracts over 500 contestants each year.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Dinah "Soar" Days & Hot Air Balloon Festival features a growing multi-day hot air balloon festival along with numerous other community events, many of which have a hot air balloon theme.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

The John Wesley Powell River Festival celebrates the exploration and history of the region with live music, food trucks and activities that focus on local history.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Games, Anime, and More (G.A.M.) is a biannual [[fan convention]]. It is a multi-genre convention having video games, card games, cartoons, costumes, tournaments, tabletop gaming, and similar activities. The G.A.M. Convention is held during March and August in [[Uintah County, Utah]]. In 2015 it was the first anime convention held in Vernal as well as the first gaming convention held there, making it the first convention of its type in Vernal.<ref name="ubmedia-2015">{{cite web | url = http://www.ubmedia.biz/vernal/expressions/article_9824ef10-4387-11e5-ace1-5f6dddf7d9dd.html | title = First anime convention held in Vernal | date = 2015-08-18 | first = Liberty | last = Best | work = Vernal Express | publisher = Uintah Basin Media | access-date = 2016-03-06 }}</ref> In 2016 it was held in [[Naples, Utah]], for the first time, making G.A.M. the first convention of its type in the city of Naples.

The Uintah County Fair occurs Thursday through Saturday each year in the second week of June.

===Point of interest===
Lookout Point rests on the western edge overlooking Ashley Valley, the valley in which Vernal is situated.

==Notable buildings==
[[File:Bank of Vernal Utah.jpeg|thumb|left|Bank of Vernal (2010)]]
The Bank of Vernal (a.k.a. the 'Parcel Post' Bank) Building (3 West Main Street) is a registered historical building in the Uintah County Landmark Register.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1525 |title=Parcel Post Bank (2) Markers |publisher=History.utah.gov |work=Markers and Monuments Database |access-date=2013-03-20}}</ref> Also known as "the Bank that was sent by Mail", the Bank of Vernal was constructed in 1916–1917 by William H. Coltharp, a Vernal businessman and entrepreneur. Coltharp took advantage of inexpensive Parcel Post rates to ship some 80,000 masonry bricks in fifty-pound (22.6&nbsp;kg) packages via the U.S. Post Office the {{convert|180|mi}} from Salt Lake City to Vernal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/reaching-rural-america-past-exhibits/precious-packages-americas-parcel-post-service |title=Precious Packages—America's Parcel Post Service |publisher=[[National Postal Museum]] |work=Exhibits |access-date=2024-03-05}}</ref><ref>[http://www.stampsofdistinction.com/2008/07/bank-that-was-sent-through-post-office.html The Bank That Was Sent Through the Post Office] from stampsofdistinction.com</ref> The Parcel Post brick shipments were transported from Salt Lake to Mack, [[Colorado]] by [[Denver & Rio Grande Railroad]], then proceeded to [[Watson, Utah|Watson]] via the [[narrow gauge]] [[Uintah Railway]], finally Vernal by wagon freight through steep roads. The full trip was over 420 miles (675.9&nbsp;km) long.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2b2f_5_parcel.html |title=National Postal Museum |publisher= SI.edu |access-date=2012-11-09}}</ref> After completing delivery of the bricks, the U.S. Post Office hastily changed its regulations, establishing a limit of {{convert|200|lb}} per day per sender. The [[United States Postmaster General]] [[Albert S. Burleson|Albert Sidney Burleson]] explicitly stated in a letter that ''"it is not the intent of the United States Postal Service that buildings be shipped through the mail"''<ref>Reay, Lee "The Bank That Was Sent By Mail". ''Postal Life'. March–April 1971.</ref> Today the building is used as a branch office of [[Zions Bank]].

The [[Quarry Visitor Center]] in [[Dinosaur National Monument]], and the [[Vernal Utah Temple]] are other historic Vernal buildings. The Vernal Temple is a small [[Temple (LDS Church)|LDS temple]] in the old Vernal Tabernacle. It was built as the result of a local movement to save the old tabernacle when it was scheduled for demolition.

==Notable people==<!-- notability established by existence of an article -->
* [[Ron Abegglen]], former [[Weber State Wildcats men's basketball|Weber State]] men's basketball coach, born and raised in Vernal
* [[Earl W. Bascom]], inventor;<ref>{{cite web |date=August 28, 1995 |title=Rodeo - Earl Bascom |url=http://www.inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Earl_Bascom.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101172939/http://www.inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Earl_Bascom.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2013|access-date=November 9, 2012 |work=Inventors.about.com }}</ref> rodeo cowboy, artist and sculptor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bascombronze.com |title=Earl Bascom: Master Sculptor and The Cowboy of Cowboy Artists |work=Bascom Bronze |access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/2013/11/6/20529059/earl-w-bascom-lds-cowboy-receives-national-award?_amp=true |title=Earl W. Bascom: LDS cowboy receives national award |last=McKinlay |first=Michael Ann |work=Deseret News |date=November 6, 2013 |access-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Rose Bascom|Texas Rose Bascom]] (1922-1993), rodeo performer, Hollywood actor, National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mormonwiki.com/Texas_Rose_Bascom |title=Texas Rose Bascom |work=MormonWiki |date=October 2021 |access-date=November 14, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Clair Burgener]], U.S. Representative from California (1973–1983)
* [[Lane Frost]], rodeo star, PRCA Bull Riding Champion of the World, attended junior high school in Vernal<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lanefrost.com/pages/about-lane-frost |title=About Lane Frost |work=Lane Frost brand |access-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref>
* [[E. Gordon Gee]], academic who held more university presidencies than any other American
* [[Douglas Kent Hall]]; writer and photographer; Academy Award winner<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.douglaskenthall.com |title=Photographer Douglas Kent Hall |work=DouglasKentHall |date=May 26, 2006 |access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dallin H. Oaks]], president of Brigham Young University, Utah Supreme Court Justice
* [[Dennis Preece]], Hall of Fame wrestling coach at local high school in Vernal
* [[James Woods]], film and television actor, was born in Vernal

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[Dinosaur National Monument]]
* [[Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area]]
* [[Flaming Gorge Dam]]
* [[Book Cliffs]]

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

==External links==
{{commons category|Vernal, Utah}}
* {{official website|http://www.vernalcity.org/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Vernal
|North     = [[Manila, Utah|Manila]] / ''[[Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area]]''<br />''[[Ashley National Forest]]''
|Northeast = ''[[Green River (Colorado River)|Green River]]'' / {{flagicon|Wyoming}} [[Wamsutter, Wyoming|Wamsutter]]
|East      = ''Green River'' / ''[[Dinosaur National Monument]]''
|Southeast = [[Naples, Utah|Naples]]
|South     = ''Green River''<br />''[[Arches National Park]]'' / [[Castle Valley, Utah|Castle Valley]]<br />[[Moab, Utah|Moab]]
|Southwest = [[Ballard, Utah|Ballard]]
|West      = [[Altamont, Utah|Altamont]]
|Northwest = {{flagicon|Wyoming}} [[Mountain View, Wyoming|Mountain View]], {{flagicon|Wyoming}} [[Lyman, Wyoming|Lyman]]<br />''[[Ashley National Forest]]''
}}

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