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Veyo, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84782. It stands on Granite Wash. The Survey maps it on the Veyo quadrangle. 586 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,485 feet above sea level.

Veyo within Washington County

On record in Veyo

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Veyo grew from 483 to 586 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
2010483
2020586+103 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Veyo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,242 acres in total. 131 started naturally. 3 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
Natural131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2004Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePISTOL
9 September 2004Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeDAM
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeBAKER
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePOOL
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSANDPIT
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePINON HILL
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsVEYO
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.3 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsVEYO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Veyo: 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Silica, 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
Borrow PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Veyo Hot SpringGeothermalUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Borrow Pit #27071Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit No.27071Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept Hwys Cinder Pit No.27070PumicePast Producer
Veyo Volcano Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerSurface
Cinder Pit #27070Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veyo in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2018Flash FloodVeyo$250,000Heavy rain over Washington County resulted in a flash flood that damaged 20 homes in Dammeron Valley, three in Hurricane, and two in Washington. State Route 18 was temporarily closed due to debris on the road.
August 2014Flash FloodVeyo$125,000Flash flooding occurred in Brookside and Veyo, both of which are towns along the Santa Clara River, during the overnight hours. In Brookside, flood waters washed out roads and caused damage to several garages and basements. Near Veyo, a family of 13 was camping in what had been a dry streambed, when flood waters rose and forced them to higher ground. Tents and other camping equipment were washed downstream, and the waters even picked up their minivan, slamming it into a boulder. All 13 people were rescued, with no injuries reported.
June 2025Flash FloodVeyo$1,000A Snow Canyon State Park employee reported damage to West Canyon Road due to flooding. A tent was also flooded, forcing a camper to sleep in their vehicle. Rainfall estimates in this vicinity indicated between .70 and .90 inches of rain had fallen in around 90 minutes. Time is estimated by radar.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVeyo-Power lines were reported down in Veyo.
July 2021HailVeyo-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell at the Veyo Pool Resort. Time estimated by radar.

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
Dammeron Valley2.6 miles16
Gunlock5.2 miles16
Central6.5 miles16
Pine Valley10.2 miles16
Shem10.9 miles16
Shivwits11.4 miles16
Ivins11.7 miles19
Santa Clara14.3 miles19

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 VeyoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709559The 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 1446936. 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.