Dutch John is a

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located in eastern Daggett County,

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, United States, approximately northeast of the

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. The population was 145 at the 2010 census.

History

The town (but a

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before 2016) was platted and constructed beginning in 1957 by the

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to house workers working on the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam. After the dam's completion in 1964, Dutch John became home to a smaller number of dam maintenance and operations personnel, as well as employees of the

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and

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. The Dutch John townsite and its buildings continued to be owned by the Bureau of Reclamation until 1998 when the town was privatized. Buildings were sold to individual landowners, and undeveloped land in the town was transferred to Daggett County. The county later completed a master plan for the Dutch John townsite and has begun offering parcels of land for sale to developers. In July 2002, the human-caused Mustang Ridge fire burned approximately of pinyon/juniper forest near Dutch John. The fire caused damage to power transmission lines which were supported by wooden poles. During the peak years of construction activity at Flaming Gorge Dam, as many as 3,500 people lived in Dutch John. In November 2014, the residents of Dutch John voted overwhelmingly to incorporate into a town. An election was held in June 2015, in which William Rogers was elected mayor; Ryan Kelly, Sandy Kunkel, Harriet Dickerson, and Dave MacDonald were elected as members of the Town Council. They took office, and the incorporation became official in January 2016. In the town's 2021 election, Sandy Kunkel was elected as mayor. A resort within the town is host to the world's largest fishing fly. It is over three tons in weight and is over 32 feet long.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 145 people living in the CDP. There were 105 housing units. The

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of the town was 97.2% White, 0.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4% Asian, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4% of the population.

Climate

Large seasonal temperature differences typify this

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region, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

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system, Dutch John has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Dutch John, Utah
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References

External links

Daggett County, Utah -- Dutch John

2001 General Plan: Community of Dutch John
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Demographics

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