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Brian Head, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Parowan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84719. It lies near Bear Flat. The Survey maps it on the Brian Head quadrangle. 151 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,800 feet above sea level.

Brian Head within Iron County

Population over time

2 figures

Brian Head grew from 83 to 151 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.

YearPeople Change
201083
2020151+68 (+82%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Brian Head between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,226 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 1 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2019Natural437 acresCedar Breaks National MonumentCHESSMAN CANYON
23 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTHUNDER RIDGE
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestBROWN DOG
1 September 1996Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestHIGH MOUNTAIN
9 August 1994Naturalunder an acreDixie National Forestnot named
4 August 2003Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestSHOOTING STAR
31 August 2009Recreation and ceremony11 acresDixie National ForestSTEAM ENGINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Brian Head: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black HawkManganeseOccurrence
Braffit Ridge SilicaSilicaPast ProducerSand
Braffit Ridge SilicaSilicaPast Producer
Bear Flat Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSoil
Bear Flat Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept Hwys Pit No 11026Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Pit No 11028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Pit No 11029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11026Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerBasalt, Quartzite, Sandstone
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartzite

Every working recorded in Iron County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
North View2.6 miles18
Summit8.7 miles14
Parowan10.4 miles16
Enoch10.7 miles17
Cedar Highlands11.0 miles19
Cedar City11.2 miles19
Fort Johnson11.3 miles17
Paragonah13.9 miles14

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 Brian HeadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483153The 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 1448176. 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.