Sevier ( ) is an
unincorporated community
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in southwestern
Sevier 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. It lies in the valley of the
Sevier River
The Sevier River (pronounced "severe") is a -long river in the Great Basin of southwestern Utah in the United States. Originating west of Bryce Canyon National Park, the river flows north through a chain of high farming valleys and steep canyon ...
along Sevier Highway, the former route of
U.S. Route 89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern sectio ...
, southwest of the city of
Richfield Richfield may refer to:
Places Canada
*Richfield, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* Richfield, Nova Scotia
*Richfield, British Columbia, a ghost town from the Cariboo Gold Rush
United States
* Richfield, California
*Richfield, Idaho
* Richfiel ...
, the
county seat
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of Sevier County. Its elevation is 5,584 feet (1,702 m).
Description
Although Sevier is unincorporated, it has 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 ...
, with the
ZIP code of 84766. It has a population of approximately 146 people. Sevier has many farms, primarily growing
alfalfa
Alfalfa () (''Medicago sativa''), also called lucerne, is a perennial plant, perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, ...
.
Sevier experienced rapid population growth through the 1990s and 2000s; seasonal migrant laborers, mostly of
Mexican
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Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
and other
Hispanic
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nationalities, made the population
transfluid over the course of the years.
Climate
This
climatic
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorolog ...
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
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system, Sevier 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 Sevier, Utah
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See also
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Sevier County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
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