Scofield, UT

Scofield is a town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The 2020 census counted 26 residents. Scofield's name is frequently applied to the 1900 mine disaster in the Pleasant Valley Coal Company's Winter Quarters mine. The community was named for General Charles W. Scofield State Park surrounds Scofield Reservoir and has three different camping areas: Mountain View, Madsen Bay, and Lake Side. Mountain View is a 34-unit campground that includes restrooms, heated showers, fish cleaning and disposal stations, a group use pavilion, a boat launching ramp, and rental boats.

Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Scofield, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Scofield, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Scofield is situated on high ground two miles south of the reservoir of the same name, the oldest and largest of the major impoundments on the Wasatch Plateau. The town is situated along Mud Creek, just south of the Scofield Reservoir. The outlet of the reservoir is the Price River.