Gunlock, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84733. It lies near Miners Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gunlock quadrangle. It stands 3,658 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gunlock quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gunlock quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Gunlock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Gunlock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,833 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | VEYO |
| 4 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | MANGANESE WASH |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PINON HILL |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cedar City Field Office | OAK PATCH |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | VEYO |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Cedar City Field Office | GUNLOCK CAR |
| 27 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,263 acres | Southwest Area | VEYO ROAD |
| 27 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | POWERPOLES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Gunlock: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Antimony, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Beauty No. 1 Claim | Strontium, Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Black Beauty No.1 Claim | Manganese | Prospect | 1946 | |
| Borrow Pit | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cobi Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Veyo Hot Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Veyo Volcano Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Veyo Volcano Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unknown | Uranium, Antimony | Occurrence | Stibnite | |
| Unknown | Uranium, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gunlock in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 2007 | Flood | Gunlock | $225,000 | A bridge was washed out north and west of town of Gunlock Bridge, and a bridge to the south of town was still standing, but considered unsafe for travel. Three homes were flooded.||Damage estimates were based on media reports (3 homes and 1 bridge). |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Gunlock | $12,000 | 3 bridges washed out...est $4000 each to repair. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gunlock | $3,000 | Thunderstorm outflow winds gusted to 57 mph (50 kts) in St. George, with power lines reported down in Gunlock. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Gunlock | $1,000 | South entrance rtoad to gunlock washed out. Amt est. by law enforcement |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gunlock | - | The Jackson Spring mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Gunlock | - | The manager of Veyo Pool Resort reported a 7 foot rise on the Santa Clara River. Campsites were evacuated near the river. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Gunlock | - | Santa Clara peaked at 1176 CFS at noon MDT and 2269 CFS at 5 pm MDT; there was little or no flow prior to this rainfall. |
| March 2006 | Heavy Rain | Gunlock | - | 1.00 to 1.25 inch rainfall washed out culverts and caused urban flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dammeron Valley | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Veyo | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shem | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Shivwits | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ivins | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Central | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Santa Clara | 12.0 miles | 19 | |
| Motoqua | 12.6 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 Gunlock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5618855 | 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 1437576. 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.








