Gunnison, Utah
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84634. It lies near Rocky Point. The Survey maps it on the Gunnison quadrangle. 3,509 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,138 feet above sea level.
On record in Gunnison
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Casino Theatrelisted 1989
James and Caroline M. Metcalf Houselisted 1998
Oberg-Metcalf Houselisted 1997
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Casino Theater, Main Street (U.S. Route 89), Gunnisonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresGunnison grew from 3,285 to 3,509 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 | 3,285 | |
| 2020 | 3,509 | +224 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Manti quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Manti quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Price quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Manti quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs, 2022Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Gunnison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,184 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JOHANSEN CONSTRUCTION |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUGAR FACTORY LANE |
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SANPITCH RIVER |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LUND FIRE |
| 30 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central Area | DOVER RD |
| 28 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CUFC 16 |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | MAY EAST |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HANSEN LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Gunnison: 19 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Springs Gold Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gunnison Limestone Prospects | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mayfield Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Mayfield Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Gunnison Limestone Prospects | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Gunnison Sec. 35 Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Gunnison Sec. 5 Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| East Centerfield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Hills Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gunnison Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gunnison in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2001: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gunnison | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flood | Gunnison | $20,000 | Heavy rain caused flooding at the state prison in Gunnison causing some damage. A nearby spotter measured 1.38" of rain on this date. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Gunnison | $2,000 | A flash flood occurred in Lone Cedar Canyon, southwest of Gunnison. A County road was washed out in several places, and about 60 acres of hay was damaged. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Gunnison | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerfield | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Spearmint | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Christianburg | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fayette | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mayfield | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Axtell | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sterling | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Manti | 12.4 miles | 15 |
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 Gunnison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q201769 | 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 1428432. 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.






