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LaVerkin, 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 84745. It stands on Chinatown Wash. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane quadrangle. 4,354 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,192 feet above sea level.

LaVerkin within Washington County

On record in LaVerkin

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

LaVerkin grew from 4,060 to 4,354 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
20104,060
20204,354+294 (+7%)

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.

Fires near this place

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of LaVerkin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,945 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning9
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEEDS ASST #2
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
18 September 2006Debris and open burning38 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsL
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresCedar City Field OfficeTURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of LaVerkin: 35 past producers, 8 producers, 7 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
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer
AdahCopperProducer
Gould Ranch Tar Sand DepositOil SandsOccurrence
MaudSilver, Uranium, CopperPast ProducerMalachite
Timpoweap Canyon Tar Sand DepositOil SandsOccurrence
VanderbiltSilver, CopperPast ProducerMalachite

Every working 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
Hurricane2.1 miles17
Toquerville3.7 miles18
Virgin4.3 miles15
Leeds5.4 miles17
Anderson Junction6.0 miles18
Silver Reef6.3 miles18
Harrisburg6.6 miles17
Harrisburg Junction9.0 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 LaVerkinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482758The 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 1429398. 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.