Jensen Utah Map

About Jensen, Utah

Jensen is a locality in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 44.5 people per km². Jensen is located at 40.3695°N, 109.3556°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 84010, 84754, 84035.

Jensen occupies a stretch of high desert terrain where the earth pulls back to reveal long, sun-bleached horizons. It lies 1.1 miles east-northeast of Bountiful, UT (from Bountiful, UT: bearing 65°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Salt Lake City. Stone Creek flows with a steady, quiet persistence through this arid expanse, carving a path that defines the local topography and provides a vital artery for the surrounding scrubland. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Wasatch Range loom against the sky, their peaks often catching the last, bruised colors of a fading afternoon. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, smelling of sagebrush and cooling dust, while the proximity of the Wasatch National Forest introduces a sense of wild, untamed scale to the immediate landscape. Only a mile away, the deepening shadows of Ward Canyon offer a sudden, vertical contrast to the flatter, sun-drenched plains that characterize the broader basin.

Jensen thrives on a rhythm dictated by the land, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the extraction of the earth’s hidden resources. Settlers originally moved into these reaches to tame the alkaline soil, establishing a pattern of homesteads that still dictates the layout of the rural roads today. While the Great Salt Lake remains a distant, shimmering presence far to the north, the focus of daily life here remains on the immediate work of the fields and the maintenance of the homesteads that dot the horizon. The people of Jensen move with a deliberate, measured pace, recognizing that their existence is a long-term negotiation with the relentless sun and the seasonal shifts of the high desert. Even as modern demands press in, the character of the place persists in the quiet endurance of its fences, the stark architecture of its barns, and the way the evening light washes over the expanse, turning the gray-green brush into a field of muted, flickering copper.

About This Jensen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jensen, Utah. Coordinates: 40.369529, -109.355572. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jensen includes the ZIP code (84010, 84754, 84035), telephone area code (801, 385), county seat of Davis County (Farmington), and school district assignment (Uintah School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.