Eagle Mountain

History

In 1994, a trio of men bought about 8,000 acres in the Cedar Valley of western Utah County at a bankruptcy auction, under the company names of "TI Mortgage" and "Monte Vista Ranch". These investors were John Walden, a real estate developer from Florida, and physicians Scott Gettings and Andrew Zorbis. All owned houses in Park City, Utah where they came to ski. No one lived in the region they wanted to incorporate so the trio approached developer Debbie Hooge for help. Already familiar with the area and a resident of the region, Hooge and the trio of investors approached two established communities nearby. The first was Cedar Pass Ranch, a community of large lots; while the second was Harvest Haven, a Fundamentalist Mormon polygamous community on the north side of Utah State Route 73. The two small communities signed on to the proposal and the town, at 24 square miles, incorporated in December 1996 as the Town of Eagle Mountain. Debbie Hooge was appointed as the First Mayor of the Town of Eagle Mountain. In 2001, the city was reclassified and renamed to Eagle Mountain City. In 2011, Eagle Mountain extended further west with the annexation of the White Hills neighborhood, which had about 400 residents, as well as an area that is part of the Pole Canyon development plan. The land outside of White Hills was almost 2,900 acres. Eagle Mountain was reclassified as a third-class city on September 4, 2001. a municipality achieves "third-class” city status with a population of 30,000 or more but less than 65,000. The area is home to several natural and manmade landmarks, including a site along the original Pony Express trail, and a boulder with 1,800-year-old rock art petroglyphs carved by ancient Fremont Indians.

Geography

Eagle Mountain is located at the western and northern bases of the Lake Mountains, in the flat Cedar Valley, east and northeast of the town of Cedar Fort. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Eagle Mountain's climate varies drastically between the northeastern Ranches area and the southwestern City Center area. Despite being further south than Salt Lake City, both areas have cooler temperatures, due to sitting at a higher elevation. The Ranches section of the city has slightly milder temperatures, since it is closer to the moderating impact of the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys, as well as the Great Salt Lake, which gives it a climate more similar to Salt Lake City. The City Center area near Fairfield lies in the Cedar Valley, which cuts that area off from the moderating influence of the Salt Lake Valley and Great Salt lake. This causes nights to get significantly colder than in the Ranches, and puts it in a rain shadow, causing less precipitation and more sunshine than the Ranches part of the city. Within the Köppen climate classification, the climate of the Ranches area is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) or hot-summer humid continental (Dfa) depending on which variant of the system is used. The City Center area is drier and cooler. The Köppen classification for this area is cold semi-arid (BSk), although rainfall is nearly enough to classify the area as warm-summer humid continental (Dfb).

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  6,070
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,236
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  4,897
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,861
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  4,521
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  4,465
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,188
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,179

Largest nearby schools

• Cedar Valley High
  High · EAGLE MOUNTAIN · 2,924 students · 28.4:1 ratio
• Westlake High
  High · SARATOGA SPRINGS · 2,659 students · 27.4:1 ratio
• Willowcreek Middle
  Middle · Lehi · 1,746 students · 28.6:1 ratio
• Frontier Middle School
  Middle · EAGLE MOUNTAIN · 1,634 students · 27.2:1 ratio
• Vista Heights Middle
  Other · SARATOGA SPRINGS · 1,519 students · 27.6:1 ratio
• Lake Mountain Middle
  Middle · SARATOGA SPRINGS · 1,412 students · 28.2:1 ratio
• Mountain Trails School
  Elementary · EAGLE MOUNTAIN · 1,289 students · 25.3:1 ratio
• Black Ridge School
  Elementary · EAGLE MOUNTAIN · 1,191 students · 27.1:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.86 — 2026-08-07
  6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
• M 3.52 — 2026-02-14
  4 km NNW of West Valley City, Utah
• M 3.5 — 2026-02-05
  6 km WNW of Lehi, Utah
• M 2.75 — 2025-10-08
  6 km WNW of Independence, Utah
• M 3.94 — 2025-05-01
  4 km WNW of Independence, Utah
• M 2.6 — 2025-01-06
  15 km NNW of Summit Park, Utah