Fruitland is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in western
Duchesne County,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, United States, on the
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.
Description
The community lies along
U.S. Route 40, 25 miles west of the city of
Duchesne, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
of Duchesne County. Its elevation is 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
Although Fruitland is unincorporated, it had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
until 2015. Mail sent to Fruitland's
ZIP code of 84027 is delivered to the old post office location by a Post Office Highway Contract worker. There is a public mail box but no other Post Office services are available.
Fruitland has an active Special Services District, which brings high quality low priced water to local homes and farms. It has several large pump facilities treating and supplying water to the area. Many homes have private wells and others take their water tanks to the SSD fill location.
Fruitland has a busy local store with basic groceries, gas, diesel and a cafe. The last census, in 2016, counted 539 people. Many homes in the area are recreational. Surrounded by Strawberry, Starvation, Red Creek and Current Creek reservoirs Fruitland is popular for fishing and water recreation. The reservoirs freeze in the winter, bringing many ice fishers.
The settlement was originally called ''Rabbit Gulch'', but unscrupulous land developers renamed it ''Fruitland'' in 1907, hoping to draw the unwary to buy land that was unsuitable for growing any kind of fruit.
Climate
This
climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Fruitland 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 cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
Climate Summary for Fruitland, Utah
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See also
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Duchesne County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
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