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Ivins, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84738. It lies near Dry Wash. The Survey maps it on the Santa Clara quadrangle. 8,978 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,081 feet above sea level.

Ivins within Washington County

On record in Ivins

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Ivins grew from 6,753 to 8,978 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
20106,753
20208,978+2,225 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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, 1940

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.

Mormon farmer extracting juice from cane, Ivins, Washington County, Utah
Mormon farmer extracting juice from cane, Ivins, Washington County, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Turkeys are one of the main crops around Ivins, Washington County, Utah. See general caption
Turkeys are one of the main crops around Ivins, Washington County, Utah. See general caption
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Shem Dam, Along Santa Clara River on west side of County Road 3184, 0.9 miles north of intersection with Old Highway 91, Ivins, Washington County, UT
Shem Dam, Along Santa Clara River on west side of County Road 3184, 0.9 miles north of intersection with Old Highway 91, Ivins, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Ivins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,568 acres in total. 30 started naturally. None 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/undetermined45
Natural30
Debris and open burning13
Fireworks11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
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
9 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSNOW CANYON
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSNOW CANYON
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestSNOW CANYON
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSouthern Paiute AgencyCRIKEY
30 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWHITE HILL
30 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDIXIE DOWNS
24 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLUE GOOSE
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHEET METAL SHOP

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 Ivins: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Volcanic Materials, 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
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerSurface
Cinder PitPumiceProducer
P, L, P & M ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Dune SandSilicaProducer
Stone QuarrySilicaPast Producer
3 Mile PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dune SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Gravel Pit #27058Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Gravel Pit #27059Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivins in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2007Flash FloodIvins$120,000Mud and water damaged 12 homes in Ivins, with a storm total of 1.77 inches of rainfall.
August 2024Flash FloodIvins$50,000Snow Canyon State Park reported flash flooding. Campers were displaced from the campsite, multiple waterfalls were observed, and employees had to wait on water to recede at a low water crossing as the flowing water was up to car door handles.
August 2005Flash FloodIvins$35,0007 homes flooded...est $5000 damage each
September 1998Thunderstorm WindIvins$10,000no account filed
January 2023Flash FloodIvins-Associated with persistent ongoing moderate to at times heavy rain, local law enforcement reported flash flooding in Snow Canyon State Park, including water moving over Snow Canyon Road which made the road impassable. The flooding also necessitated the closure of the south entrance to the park.
March 2023FloodIvins-A family of 5 was hiking in Snow Canyon State Park and was stranded by a flooded wash due to the combination of precipitation and snowmelt. The family needed to be rescued via a swift water rescue.
July 2008Flash FloodIvins-Flash flooding occurred in the town of Ivins, damaging one home. In addition, numerous roads were closed due to the flooding.
August 2008Flash FloodIvins-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flash flooding in Snow Creek Canyon. This drainage eventually flows into the Santa Clara River.
August 2005Flash FloodIvins-trained spotter reported 3.88" of rain in Ivins in a few hours

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
Santa Clara2.8 miles19
Shivwits4.2 miles16
Shem5.0 miles16
Saint George6.7 miles20
Middleton8.1 miles20
Gunlock9.2 miles16
Bloomington (historical)9.3 miles20
Washington9.4 miles19

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 IvinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482401The 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 1429067. 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.