[citation needed] Clear Creek was founded in the 1870s as a logging camp that supplied lumber to the nearby mining town of Winter Quarters.

In 1898, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad built a spur line from Scofield to the mine at Clear Creek.

Two years later, the Utah Fuel Company built 25 homes, a hotel, a store, a hospital, a schoolhouse, a workshop, and a water plant in the town.

Summertime is generally mild to warm, with nights dropping into the 30s and 40s (°F), and wintertime is cold and snowy, with a yearly average of 237 inches (603 cm) of snow accumulation.

Wintry days may be observed as late as June or as early as September due to the Town's location in the mountains of the Wasatch Plateau.