Summit, Utah
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Parowan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84761. It stands on Summit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle. 170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,955 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSummit grew from 160 to 170 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 160 | |
| 2020 | 170 | +10 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1886 USGS Kanab quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Panguitch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 31 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ENOCH VIEW |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Area | SUMMIT WEST |
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SUMMIT |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | RED CANYON |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | CINDER HILL |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LOVELL |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | EGG |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STRANTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 22 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Hill Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Hill Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Red Hills Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Red Hills Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Braffits Creek Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Braffits Creek Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Hill Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Cinder Hill Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clarks Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Chert, Quartzite, Rhyolite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 1 debris flow, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Debris Flow | Summit | $3,500 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall north of Brian Head, with 3-hour Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor rainfall estimates of around 1 to 2.5 inches. This resulted in debris flows over state Route 143 between mileposts 11 and 13, and closure of the road. Additional reports from the public and media reported debris was up to 7 feet deep in spots. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | The Black Rock mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enoch | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Fort Johnson | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Parowan | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Brian Head | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Paragonah | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar City | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| North View | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Highlands | 12.7 miles | 19 |
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 Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473382 | 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 1433054. 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.





