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.
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
- Shem Dam, Along Santa Clara River on west side of County Road 3184, 0.9 miles north of intersection with Old Highway 91, Ivinsfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresIvins 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,753 | |
| 2020 | 8,978 | +2,225 (+33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 St. George quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS St. George NW 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 Santa Clara quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
3 photographs, 1940Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 45 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SNOW CANYON |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SNOW CANYON |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | SNOW CANYON |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Paiute Agency | CRIKEY |
| 30 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | WHITE HILL |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DIXIE DOWNS |
| 24 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BLUE GOOSE |
| 23 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHEET METAL SHOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| P, L, P & M Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dune Sand | Silica | Producer | ||
| Stone Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| 3 Mile Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dune Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Gravel Pit #27058 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand | |
| Gravel Pit #27059 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Ivins | $120,000 | Mud and water damaged 12 homes in Ivins, with a storm total of 1.77 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Ivins | $50,000 | Snow 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 2005 | Flash Flood | Ivins | $35,000 | 7 homes flooded...est $5000 damage each |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ivins | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Ivins | - | 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 2023 | Flood | Ivins | - | 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Ivins | - | Flash flooding occurred in the town of Ivins, damaging one home. In addition, numerous roads were closed due to the flooding. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Ivins | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flash flooding in Snow Creek Canyon. This drainage eventually flows into the Santa Clara River. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Ivins | - | trained spotter reported 3.88" of rain in Ivins in a few hours |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Shivwits | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shem | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Saint George | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Middleton | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Gunlock | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bloomington (historical) | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Washington | 9.4 miles | 19 |
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 Ivins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482401 | 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 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.








