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Hurricane, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84737. It stands on Hurricane Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane quadrangle. 20,036 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,248 feet above sea level.

Hurricane within Washington County

On record in Hurricane

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 7 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hurricane grew from 13,748 to 20,036 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
201013,748
202020,036+6,288 (+46%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken 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.

Gould Wash Bridge, Spanning Gould Wash at State Route 9, Hurricane, Washington County, UT
Gould Wash Bridge, Spanning Gould Wash at State Route 9, Hurricane, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Virgin River Bridge, Spanning Virgin River at State Highway 9, Hurricane, Washington County, UT
Virgin River Bridge, Spanning Virgin River at State Highway 9, Hurricane, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washington County, UT
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,204 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural14
Fireworks8
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1
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
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeTOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHURRICANE ASST.#9
3 September 2012Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHURRICANE ASSIST 05
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTOQUERSVILLE SOUTH
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest AreaSTATE STREET
20 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.2 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSKY RANCH 2
18 September 2006Debris and open burning38 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsL
7 August 2005Natural127 acresSouthern Paiute AgencySHIVWITS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Hurricane: 36 past producers, 8 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Volcanic Materials, Copper, Uranium. 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
Hot Rock #1Uranium, Vanadium, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hot Rock No.1Vanadium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
La Verkin Dixie Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
NevadaCopper, Uranium, SilverPast Producer
VanderbiltSilver, CopperPast ProducerMalachite
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer
East Reef AreaSilver, Uranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCHEMICAL SEDIMENT
Gould Ranch Tar Sand DepositOil SandsOccurrence
John Dee ClaimUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
MaudSilver, Uranium, CopperPast ProducerMalachite

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurricane in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 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
September 1997FloodHurricane$40,000no account filed
October 2004Flash FloodHurricane$20,000no account filed
March 2023FloodHurricane-A public video showed water flowing over South 1150 West in Hurricane from Gould Wash.
August 2003Flash FloodHurricane-Flash flooding was reported on North Creek near the town of Hurricane.
August 2001Flash FloodHurricane-Washington County Sheriff reported at least a foot of water flowing across Highway 59 east of Hurricane as heavy rain pounded the area.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHurricane-Moonsoon moisture arrived over southern Utah producing heavy rains and wet microburst winds. In New Harmony 2.00" of rain fell in 50 minutes, and flood water depth was two to three feet. The St. George AWOS recorded 0.80" less than 40 minutes which allowed for minor house and street flood. Wind gusts to 60 mph downed power lines and tree limbs. In Hurricane, wind gusts were estimated at 70 to 75 mph. Rainfall of 0.79" in 30 minutes allowed for two to three feet of water to flood State Road 9 between Interstate 15 and Hurricane. In Santa Clara, wind gusts downed tree branches, and 0.25" fell in ten minutes. In Bloomington, several homes and businesses were flooded and wind gusts took down power lines and tree limbs.

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
LaVerkin2.1 miles17
Toquerville5.4 miles18
Leeds5.7 miles17
Virgin5.9 miles15
Harrisburg5.9 miles17
Silver Reef6.8 miles18
Anderson Junction7.6 miles18
Harrisburg Junction7.6 miles17

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 HurricaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482646The 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 1428951. 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.