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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 La Verkin 2 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New Harmony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Pintura quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Pintura quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STANWORTH |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | DAVIS |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MILE 31 1050 |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TV TOWER TOQUERVILLE |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BROWSE 2 |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MM 35 36 FIRE |
| 3 September 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Dixie National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 681 acres | Cedar City Field Office | FALLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burg | Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| Cinder Deposit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Little Seegmiller Claims | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | Surface, Underground | |
| Sage #57 | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Toquerville Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Virgin Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Woodward Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Plata Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Pintura | 1 killed | Flash 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Pintura | - | Public reported significant rises on La Verkin Creek. Time and location estimated. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pintura | - | A wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the I-15 at MP 29 Browse mesonet site. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Pintura | - | Law enforcement reports and social media photos showed water flowing over South Old Highway 91 in New Harmony at Ashcreek Reservoir. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Pintura | - | 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Pintura | - | 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Pintura | - | Park rangers in Zion National Park reported flooding in Hop Canyon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Junction | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Toquerville | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Silver Reef | 7.8 miles | 18 | |
| Leeds | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| LaVerkin | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| New Harmony | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Virgin | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Harrisburg | 11.3 miles | 17 |
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 Pintura | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16898437 | 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 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.









