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.
Population over time
2 figuresBrian 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 151 | +68 (+82%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar Breaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Panguitch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brian Head quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Brian Head quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Natural | 437 acres | Cedar Breaks National Monument | CHESSMAN CANYON |
| 23 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | THUNDER RIDGE |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | BROWN DOG |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | HIGH MOUNTAIN |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | not named |
| 4 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | SHOOTING STAR |
| 31 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 acres | Dixie National Forest | STEAM ENGINE |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Braffit Ridge Silica | Silica | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Braffit Ridge Silica | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Flat Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Soil | |
| Bear Flat Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Pit No 11026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Pit No 11028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Pit No 11029 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #11028 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartzite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North View | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Summit | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Parowan | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Enoch | 10.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Highlands | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar City | 11.2 miles | 19 | |
| Fort Johnson | 11.3 miles | 17 | |
| Paragonah | 13.9 miles | 14 |
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 Head | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483153 | 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 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.







