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Panguitch, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Panguitch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84759. It lies near Graveyard Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Panguitch quadrangle. 1,725 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,624 feet above sea level.

Panguitch within Garfield County

On record in Panguitch

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 5 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Panguitch grew from 1,520 to 1,725 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
20101,520
20201,725+205 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Residence. Panguitch, Utah
Residence. Panguitch, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Red Canyon Tunnel, Through Rock Fin on State Highway 12, 5 miles east of U.S. 89, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT
Red Canyon Tunnel, Through Rock Fin on State Highway 12, 5 miles east of U.S. 89, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Bishop's Storehouse, Center Street & First Street East, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT
Bishop's Storehouse, Center Street & First Street East, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Panguitch between 1992 and 2018, burning about 100 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2018Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePANGUITCH GUN RANGE
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeTOWER
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeGEORGE
23 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCASTO
22 August 2006Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestHOLE
21 August 2007Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCADDY
19 August 1999Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestFIVE MILE RIDGE
14 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field Office3 MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Panguitch: 18 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
North Casto Wash Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
North Casto Wash Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nw Panguitch Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Nw Panguitch Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sheep Hollow Road Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Sheep Hollow Road Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Canyon Borrow Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
South Canyon Borrow Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
South Canyon Borrow Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
South Canyon Borrow Pit No.3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panguitch in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2016Tornado (EF1)Panguitch$300,000A tornado touched down in Panguitch, producing an intermittent damage path|which included EF1 damage to a business in town and EF0 damage to several homes and numerous trees. The most significant damage occurred to a business located at 609 North Main Street, where the tornado took off the roof of a building. The tornado also caused significant damage to numerous vehicles in the area and knocked down multiple power lines, leaving much of the community without power. No injuries were reported across the area.
June 2024FloodPanguitch$20,000Street flooding was reported in Panguitch at 85 N Main Street, with water entering through doors into shops. Time is approximate.
August 2014Flash FloodPanguitch$5,000Isolated street and house flooding was reported in Panguitch, with flooding also reported in nearby dry washes.
July 2025Flash FloodPanguitch-Broadcast media report of a dry wash running across road approximately 4 miles north of Panguitch.
June 2022Funnel CloudPanguitch-A funnel cloud was observed near Panguitch by a Fire Behavior Analyst from the Left Fork Fire. The funnel could extended about one-third of the way down from the cloud base.
August 2016Tornado (EF0)Panguitch-A tornado briefly touched down near the town of Panguitch and was photographed by multiple members of the public, but no damage was reported or found. The location and time are approximations.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPanguitch-A gustnado formed and was spotted just outside Panguitch, but no damage was reported.
June 2005Funnel CloudPanguitch-Funnel Cloud reported by Garfield Co. Sherrif. Winds from thunderstorm tore roof off shed neer mile marker 135 in SR 189.
August 2003Flash FloodPanguitch-Flash flood water was reported over Highway 89 in Circleville Canyon.
August 2003Flash FloodPanguitch-Flash flooding in Garfield county caused Highway 20 to be closed at mile marker 17, as large boulders and mud covered the road. Highway 89 at Circleville Canyon was also closed for a time for the same reason.
September 2000Tornado (F0)Panguitch-A tornado was spotted near Panguitch on Highway 20 which goes from US-89 to I-15. The tornado stayed over open country for about 5 minutes before lifting. No damage was reported.

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Hillsdale7.7 miles16
Bear Valley Junction9.9 miles16
Hatch11.9 miles16
Lake View Resort12.3 miles18
Juniper Park Resort12.4 miles18
Panguitch Lake Resort13.5 miles19
Spry14.2 miles13
Bryce Canyon City18.0 miles15

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 PanguitchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q129976The 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 1444170. 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.