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.
Population over time
2 figuresEnoch 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,803 | |
| 2020 | 7,374 | +1,571 (+27%) |
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
- 1950 USGS Enoch quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Enoch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 67 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | ENOCHVISTA |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARKWEST |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MM65 I15 |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | CINDER HILL |
| 3 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FIFE TOWN |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | EGG |
| 22 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CEDAR CITY ASSIST 06 |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ENOCH WASH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Hill Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Hill Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Red Hills Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Red Hills Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Black Point Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Black Point Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Braffits Creek Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Braffits Creek Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Hill Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Cinder Hill Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Enoch | $9,000,000 | Widespread 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Enoch | $300,000 | The 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Enoch | $270,000 | Nine homes were damaged from flooding and debris flows due to heavy rain in the Enoch and Summit areas. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enoch | - | 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 2021 | Hail | Enoch | - | Quarter-sized was reported via social media. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Enoch | - | Social media reports indicated urban flash flooding in Enoch. Radar estimates indicated in excess of 2 inches of rain. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Enoch | - | Penny-sized hail was reported. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Enoch | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported via social media. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Enoch | - | Flash flooding occurred in the upper portions of the Coal Creek drainage, near Brian Head, temporarily closing State Route 143. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Enoch | - | Heavy rain in Enoch produced minor flash flooding. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Enoch | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in the town of Enoch, just north of Cedar City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Johnson | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Summit | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar City | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Halivah | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Highlands | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Brian Head | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Iron Springs | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| Parowan | 11.4 miles | 16 |
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 Enoch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483252 | 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 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.







