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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.

Gunlock within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

112 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle 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
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeVEYO
4 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeMANGANESE WASH
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePINON HILL
4 September 2001Natural2.0 acresCedar City Field OfficeOAK PATCH
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsVEYO
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresCedar City Field OfficeGUNLOCK CAR
27 September 2020Arson/incendiarism2,263 acresSouthwest AreaVEYO ROAD
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOWERPOLES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Beauty No. 1 ClaimStrontium, ManganeseOccurrenceReplacement
Black Beauty No.1 ClaimManganeseProspect1946
Borrow PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cobi MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Veyo Hot SpringGeothermalUnknown
Veyo Volcano Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Veyo Volcano Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerSurface
UnknownUranium, AntimonyOccurrenceStibnite
UnknownUranium, AntimonyOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007FloodGunlock$225,000A 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 2005Flash FloodGunlock$12,0003 bridges washed out...est $4000 each to repair.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGunlock$3,000Thunderstorm outflow winds gusted to 57 mph (50 kts) in St. George, with power lines reported down in Gunlock.
August 2005Flash FloodGunlock$1,000South entrance rtoad to gunlock washed out. Amt est. by law enforcement
September 2025Thunderstorm WindGunlock-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 2021Flash FloodGunlock-The manager of Veyo Pool Resort reported a 7 foot rise on the Santa Clara River. Campsites were evacuated near the river.
September 2007Flash FloodGunlock-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 2006Heavy RainGunlock-1.00 to 1.25 inch rainfall washed out culverts and caused urban flooding.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Dammeron Valley5.1 miles16
Veyo5.2 miles16
Shem6.5 miles16
Shivwits7.3 miles16
Ivins9.2 miles19
Central11.6 miles16
Santa Clara12.0 miles19
Motoqua12.6 miles14

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 GunlockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5618855The 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.