Apple Valley, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84737. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smithsonian Butte quadrangle. 855 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresApple Valley grew from 701 to 855 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 701 | |
| 2020 | 855 | +154 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS La Verkin 4 SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Smithsonian Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Apple Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 51 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | MM 15 SR 59 |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | LT CK MESA |
| 27 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.7 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | APPLE VALLEY ASST 2 |
| 2 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | GRAFTON |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | SMITHSONIA |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | HAMMER |
| 25 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SMITHSONIAN |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 80 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | T-BONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Apple Valley: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Gemstone, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caliente #5 | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Caliente #5 | Uranium | Unknown | Surface | |
| Wright & Thubber | Vanadium, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit #27022 Utah Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Cinder Pit #27021 Utah Dept. of Highways | Volcanic Materials | Producer | Surface | |
| Cinder Pit #27023 Utah Dept. of Highways | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Petrified Wood Location | Gemstone | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Petrified Wood Location | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit No.27022 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Cinder Pit No.27021 | Pumice | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Plain Junction | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Grafton | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rockville | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Virgin | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Shunesburg | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Springdale | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hildale | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hurricane | 10.6 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Apple Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483549 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2061574. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







