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Pintura, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84720. It stands on Dry Wash. The Survey maps it on the Pintura quadrangle. It stands 4,088 feet above sea level.

Pintura within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Pintura between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,491 acres in total. 99 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
Natural99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use31
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTANWORTH
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeDAVIS
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILE 31 1050
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTV TOWER TOQUERVILLE
4 September 2007Natural5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBROWSE 2
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM 35 36 FIRE
3 September 1993Natural3.0 acresDixie National Forestnot named
28 September 2005Natural681 acresCedar City Field OfficeFALLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Pintura: 21 past producers, 11 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Manganese, 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
BurgSilver, CopperProducer
Cinder DepositPumicePast Producer
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerSurface
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerSurface
Little Seegmiller ClaimsCopper, UraniumProspectSurface, Underground
Sage #57Copper, UraniumProspect
Toquerville ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Virgin ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Woodward ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Black Plata ClaimsUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pintura in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 2012Flash FloodPintura1 killedFlash flooding occurred along La Verkin Creek on the evening of August 1st, with significant rises in the water level. At the same time, a 2-year-old girl was noticed missing from her home in the city of La Verkin, which was close to the creek. The girl passed away when she drowned in the Creek, and her body was found a couple hours after she had been reported missing.
July 2025Flash FloodPintura-Public reported significant rises on La Verkin Creek. Time and location estimated.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindPintura-A wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the I-15 at MP 29 Browse mesonet site.
March 2023FloodPintura-Law enforcement reports and social media photos showed water flowing over South Old Highway 91 in New Harmony at Ashcreek Reservoir.
July 2021Heavy RainPintura-The Interstate 15 at Milepost 29 automated weather station near Browse recorded 1.70 inches of rain in 70 minutes. A 10 minute total of 0.90 inches was recorded.
January 2008Flash FloodPintura-The Virgin River went from 137 cfs to 2591 cfs from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.. Zion National Park Rangers reported flooding of the Virgin River and its tributaries through much of the day.
August 2008Flash FloodPintura-Park rangers in Zion National Park reported flooding in Hop Canyon.

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
Anderson Junction4.2 miles18
Toquerville6.1 miles18
Silver Reef7.8 miles18
Leeds8.4 miles17
LaVerkin9.6 miles17
New Harmony9.7 miles19
Virgin10.2 miles15
Harrisburg11.3 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 PinturaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16898437The 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 1444434. 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.