Caineville, Utah
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hanksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84775. It stands on Caineville Wash. The Survey maps it on the Caineville quadrangle. 20 people lived here at the 1950 count. It stands 4,600 feet above sea level.
Population over time
6 figuresCaineville fell from 131 to 20 between 1900 and 1950. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 131 | |
| 1910 | 38 | -93 (-71%) |
| 1920 | 67 | +29 (+76%) |
| 1930 | 71 | +4 (+6%) |
| 1940 | 68 | -3 (-4%) |
| 1950 | 20 | -48 (-71%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Fruita quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Notom 1 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Loa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Caineville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Caineville in 2019, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CAINEVILLE |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Caineville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Strike Prospects | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite | |
| Lucky Strike Prospects | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Chief Red Wing #1 Prospect | Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Chief Red Wing No.1 Prospect | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caineville in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 12 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Caineville | $50,000 | Thunderstorms in southeast Utah produced a tornado. Caineville is 25 miles west of Hanksville. The tornado was seen by several people. The tornado touched down 100 yards west of a restaurant. As the tornado moved toward the restaurant it tore off tree limbs, and scattered 48 to 60 pieces of plywood and 300 2-by-4's that had been lying around. An outside deck on the restaurant was damaged as the tornado went by. After it passed by the restaurant, the tornado briefly lifted. When it came back down, the tornado lifted a 6-ton motor home 1.5 to 2 feet, and then slammed it down on its side. The tornado also picked up a boat, and threw it into a fence. With a lot of debris and dirt still in the circulation, the tornado went into an open field, and lifted back into the sky. A long time had elapsed before this event was reported to the forecast office because the area affected has no telephone service. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Caineville | $15,000 | A severe thunderstorm developed in western Wayne county. A spotter in Caineville measured hailstones as large as 2" in diameter. This severe thunderstorm moved east into Hanksville about an hour later and dropped 1" diameter hail in that town. Some minor damage was reported in the area. Minor flooding was reported in a few businesses east of Hanksville on SR95 from this storm as well. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Caineville | - | Water flowed over State Route 24 between mileposts 102 and 105. |
| September 2021 | Flood | Caineville | - | The Fremont River overflowed its banks between Hanksville and Caineville, making state Route 24 impassible east of Capitol Reef National Park. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Widespread flash flooding occurred in Capitol Reef National Park, including a 3 foot rise of water in Sulphur Creek, water 1.5 feet deep in Grand Wash, and water flowing over State Route 24, with several waterfalls along the highway. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | A large flash flood was reported in Capitol Reef National Park and near the town of Cainville. Water flowed across State Route 24 near Cainville, and several drainages in Capitol Reef National Park experienced flash flooding. Downstream, the Fremont River rose 4 feet from all the additional water. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Flash flooding occurred in the Cathedral Valley area of Capitol Reef National Park. This flooding washed out roads and made the area inaccessible. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Heavy rain occurred over the northern portions of Capitol Reef National Park, particularly over Deep Creek. This caused flash flooding along the Fremont River, which was measured at 3922 cfs at the gauge near Caineville. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Heavy rain over Pleasant Creek in Capitol Reef National Park caused flash flooding. This flooding ran downstream to the Fremont River, which was measured at an increased flow of 1296 cfs near Caineville. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Flash flooding occurred at the headwaters of several creeks at the north end of Capitol Reef National Park, with the Fremont River gauge at Caineville rising from 58 cfs to 700 cfs in one hour. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Law enforcement reported flooding across SR-24 near Caineville due to heavy rain on Caineville Wash. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Caineville Wash Road and other roads leading into the Cathedral district were impassable due to mud covering roadways from flash floods. Additionally 2 vehicles were stranded near Sandy Creek. The time of occurrence was estimated. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Caineville | - | Mud debris on RT 24 required removal with equipment. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | RAINWATER FILLED DRY WASHES AND FLOODED ROADWAYS, INCLUDING SR 24. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Flash flooding on the Fremont River caused a river gage to rise 7 feet in 3 hours. The flooding caused the closure of 30 miles of Highway 24 southwest of Caineville. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Heavy rains produced flash flooding over State Route 24 near Cainville. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Caineville | - | Flash flooding was reported on Route 24 near Caineville. The water was about 50 feet wide and one inch deep. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Caineville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Caineville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15613695 | 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 1426269. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








