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.
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
Bradshaw House-Hotellisted 1991
Hurricane Canallisted 1977
Hurricane Library-City Halllisted 1991
Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridgelisted 1995
Samuel and Elizabeth Isom Houselisted 1993
Emanuel and Ursella Stanworth Houselisted 1992- Hurricane Historic Districtlisted 1995
Surveyed buildings and structures 5 records
- Gould Wash Bridge, Spanning Gould Wash at State Route 9, Hurricanefederal building survey, 14 photographs
- Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricanefederal building survey, 19 photographs
- Virgin River Bridge, Spanning Virgin River at State Highway 9, Hurricanefederal building survey, 7 photographs
- Virgin River Bridge, Spanning Virgin River on State Highway 9, Hurricanefederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Virgin River Warren Truss Bridge, Spanning Virgin River at Old Road southeast of State Highway 9, Hurricanefederal building survey, 5 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresHurricane 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,748 | |
| 2020 | 20,036 | +6,288 (+46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS La Verkin 3 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | TOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2 |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HURRICANE ASST.#9 |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HURRICANE ASSIST 05 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TOQUERSVILLE SOUTH |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Area | STATE STREET |
| 20 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.2 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SKY RANCH 2 |
| 18 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | L |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | 127 acres | Southern Paiute Agency | SHIVWITS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Rock #1 | Uranium, Vanadium, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Hot Rock No.1 | Vanadium, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| La Verkin Dixie Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Nevada | Copper, Uranium, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Vanderbilt | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Malachite | |
| Vanderbilt No.5 Mines | Silver, Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| East Reef Area | Silver, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | CHEMICAL SEDIMENT | |
| Gould Ranch Tar Sand Deposit | Oil Sands | Occurrence | ||
| John Dee Claim | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Maud | Silver, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Malachite |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Flood | Hurricane | $40,000 | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Hurricane | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Flood | Hurricane | - | A public video showed water flowing over South 1150 West in Hurricane from Gould Wash. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Hurricane | - | Flash flooding was reported on North Creek near the town of Hurricane. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Hurricane | - | Washington County Sheriff reported at least a foot of water flowing across Highway 59 east of Hurricane as heavy rain pounded the area. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurricane | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaVerkin | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Toquerville | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Leeds | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Virgin | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Harrisburg | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Reef | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Anderson Junction | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Harrisburg Junction | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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 Hurricane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482646 | 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 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.








