Upalco, Utah

Upalco is an unincorporated community in eastern Duchesne County, Utah, United States.

Description
The community is located in the Uinta Basin on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, approximately 7.5 mi southeast of the town of Altamont and has an elevation of 5755 ft. Upalco uses the same ZIP code (84007) that is assigned to Bluebell, a census-designated place located about 5.5 mi to the north.

Upalco was originally named Lake Fork, after the nearby Lake Fork River, which flows southerly to the west of the community. The name Upalco came from the initial letters of Utah Power and Light Company, which provided funding for an associated, but unidentified project. The Big Sand Wash Reservoir is located about 1 mi north of Upalco. (Big Sand State Park, a former Utah state park, was located at the reservoir.)

Road access to Upalco is primarily by State Route 87 (SR-87), which passes north–south through the community.