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Enoch, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cedar City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84721. It lies near Clarks Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Enoch quadrangle. 7,374 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,545 feet above sea level.

Enoch within Iron County

Population over time

2 figures

Enoch grew from 5,803 to 7,374 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
20105,803
20207,374+1,571 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Enoch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. 38 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Natural38
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeENOCHVISTA
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPARKWEST
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM65 I15
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCINDER HILL
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFIFE TOWN
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeEGG
22 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCEDAR CITY ASSIST 06
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsENOCH WASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Enoch: 20 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Cinder Hill Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder Hill Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Red Hills ProspectsIronOccurrence
Red Hills ProspectsIronOccurrence
Black Point Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Black Point Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Braffits Creek Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSandstone
Braffits Creek Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cinder Hill Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Cinder Hill Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enoch in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodEnoch$9,000,000Widespread flash flooding occurred in Enoch and Cedar City, with up to 300 homes damaged by flood waters. Water rescues were performed, and cars were swept off the road. Interstate 15 was closed during the event. Numerous roads were eroded by floodwaters, and Fiddlers Canyon was reported underwater.
July 2021Flash FloodEnoch$300,000The Iron County Emergency Manager reported up to 2.5 feet of water on streets in Enoch, as well as water breaching into homes. The water was deepest near Homestead Boulevard. Several homes were flooded.
July 2021Flash FloodEnoch$270,000Nine homes were damaged from flooding and debris flows due to heavy rain in the Enoch and Summit areas.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEnoch-The I-15 at MP 62.5 North Cedar City mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 75 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a dry microburst from a low-reflectivity shower moving over the site.
July 2021HailEnoch-Quarter-sized was reported via social media.
July 2021Heavy RainEnoch-Social media reports indicated urban flash flooding in Enoch. Radar estimates indicated in excess of 2 inches of rain.
August 2021HailEnoch-Penny-sized hail was reported.
August 2021HailEnoch-Quarter-sized hail was reported via social media.
July 2012Flash FloodEnoch-Flash flooding occurred in the upper portions of the Coal Creek drainage, near Brian Head, temporarily closing State Route 143.
August 2001Flash FloodEnoch-Heavy rain in Enoch produced minor flash flooding.
May 1999HailEnoch-A severe thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in the town of Enoch, just north of Cedar City.

Every storm 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
Fort Johnson0.6 miles17
Summit5.0 miles14
Cedar City6.9 miles19
Halivah9.1 miles18
Cedar Highlands9.4 miles19
Brian Head10.7 miles18
Iron Springs11.3 miles18
Parowan11.4 miles16

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 EnochAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483252The 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 1437554. 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.