Rocky Ridge

History

The original community in the area was known as York and was the southern terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad from February 1875 to May 1979. However, after the railroad was extended further south, the community of York was essentially abandoned. A post office had been established in the community in 1875, but it closed in 1879. Nearly a century passed without much change, but by 1971 Marvin L. Allred had purchased in the area and I‑15 had been completed to just north of the Juab‑Utah county line. Over the next quarter century the community (which had become known as locally as Allred Ranch) continued growing, with the completion of I‑15 through the valley and the addition of more than to the community.

Geography

Rocky Ridge is in the northeast corner of Juab County, at the northern end of the Juab Valley. It is bordered to the north by the city of Santaquin. Interstate 15 runs just east of the town limits, with access from the north at Exit 242 (Summit Ridge Parkway) in Santaquin. Payson is to the north, and Mona is to the south. Nephi, the Juab County seat, is south of Rocky Ridge. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,317
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,957
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  1,924
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,647
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,623
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,488
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  1,486
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  1,462

Most recent

• M 2.86 — 2026-08-07
  6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
• M 2.81 — 2026-02-22
  7 km SW of Clear Creek, 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 3.05 — 2025-05-24
  9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah