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Saint George, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84770. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle. 95,342 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,861 feet above sea level.

Saint George within Washington County

On record in Saint George

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 12 of 13 shown

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

Every listing in Washington County

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 15 shown

Every surveyed structure in Washington County

Population over time

2 figures

Saint George grew from 72,897 to 95,342 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
201072,897
202095,342+22,445 (+31%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

Member of FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative pipe line used for irrigation purposes. Saint George, Washington County, Utah
Member of FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative pipe line used for irrigation purposes. Saint George, Washington County, Utah
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Washington County Courthouse, 100 North Street, Saint George, Washington County, UT
Washington County Courthouse, 100 North Street, Saint George, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Brigham Young Office, 200 North Street at 100 West Street, Saint George, Washington County, UT
Brigham Young Office, 200 North Street at 100 West Street, Saint George, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Saint George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,268 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined95
Debris and open burning26
Fireworks24
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 1999Natural4.0 acresCedar City Field OfficePARKWAY
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest AreaMILL WASH
30 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDIXIE DOWNS
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBLOOMINGTON HILLS
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands1050PI STANDBY
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMIDDLETON
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands400 W.
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHEET METAL SHOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Saint George: 18 past producers, 12 prospects, 7 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Volcanic Materials. 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
Bloomington ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrence
P, L, P & M ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Gypsum ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Gypsum ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Picture Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Riprap #27056Volcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt
Riprap Deposit #27047Volcanic MaterialsProspectBasalt
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap Dep No.27047PumiceProspect
Ut Dept Hwys Riprap No.27056PumiceOccurrence

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
Middleton2.6 miles20
Bloomington Hills3.4 miles20
Bloomington (historical)4.1 miles20
Santa Clara4.2 miles19
Washington4.4 miles19
Atkinville5.6 miles20
Ivins6.7 miles19
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 Saint GeorgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q52472The 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 1455098. 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.