Kanosh, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84637. It stands on Corn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kanosh quadrangle. 508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,020 feet above sea level.
On record in Kanosh
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 2 records
George Hotellisted 2005
Kanosh Tithing Officelisted 1985
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Cove Fort, State Routes 4 & 161, Kanoshfederal building survey, 7 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresKanosh grew from 474 to 508 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 | 474 | |
| 2020 | 508 | +34 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fillmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kanosh quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Kanosh quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,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
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Kanosh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,815 acres in total. 112 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | RIDGELINE |
| 8 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | MOUTH |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SHAREE |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | DAMERON |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | DRY WASH # 5 |
| 3 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | GHOST |
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Kanosh: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Travertine Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rock Corral Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Rock Corral Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Volcano | Volcanic Materials | Producer | Cinders | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Cinder Pit No 14038 | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Basalt, Cinders, Pumice | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Cinder Pit No. 14037 | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Basalt, Cinders, Pumice | |
| Black Rock Volcano Sw Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fillmore Borrow Pit #24 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Fillmore Borrow Pit #25 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Fillmore Borrow Pit No.24 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kanosh in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanosh | - | A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the I-15 at MP 144 mesonet site. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanosh | - | A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the I-15 at MP 144 mesonet site. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Kanosh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanosh Indian Village | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hatton | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sixmile Point | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Meadow | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eightmile Point | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Flowell | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fillmore | 13.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bloom | 21.7 miles | 13 |
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 Kanosh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483427 | 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 1442277. 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.






