BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Kane County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kanab Post Office
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 22 N Main St, Kanab, 84741
- When was it listed? January 2011
- Category. building
- Also known as. Kanab, Utah MPS
- Census division. Kanab
- National Register reference number. 10001175 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Kanab Post Office between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DUMPSTER DIVER |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | TRAIL CANYON |
| 30 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | BIG LOG |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | WATER TANK |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PORT |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LOST SPRING WASH |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | BUNTING |
| 9 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CEDAR HEIGHTS |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kanab Post Office: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle Sand Mine | Stone | Producer | ||
| Buckskin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kanab Creek Road Junction Mine | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Bottle Sand Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Kanab Creek Road Junction Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Quartz, Sand | |
| Spring Hollow | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Gypsum | |
| Spring Hollow | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kanab, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 16 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 flood, 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Kanab | $200,000 | Heavy rain over Kanab produced widespread flash flooding across the town. Multiple businesses suffered flood damage and approximately 20 homes had some mud or water in their basements. Many roads were flooded, and one drainage canal suffered damage. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Kanab | $50,000 | Flash flooding occurred in Johnson Canyon just east of Kanab, washing out a bridge and creating some road damage. |
| September 1998 | Flash Flood | Kanab | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Kanab | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Kanab | $25,000 | Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Kanab Visitor Center officials reported flash flooding in the town, with local streets flooded and covered with mud and debris, resulting in closure of a few streets. Creeks through town were overflowing across roads at culverts, and in one spot, Kanab Creek was overflowing across the road with water approximately 9 to 12 deep. Dirt roads on the outskirts of town were impassable. Additionally, Kane County Sheriff's office officials reported that several homes had some minor basement flooding. This flooding is the result of strong thunderstorms in the area, with Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor estimates of approximately 0.75 to 1.50 of rainfall in around 3 hours. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Kanab | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Flood | Kanab | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Kanab | $1,000 | Flash flooding was reported in most canyon from Kanab to Lake Powell, with the heaviest flooding along Paria and Warm Creeks. Several roads were washed out. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding in the city of Kanab. The water made several city roads impassable, and they were temporarily closed. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | A large flash flood was reported in Johnson Canyon, particularly in the upper drainage portion of the canyon. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | A flash flood was reported in lower Johnson Canyon after estimated rainfall of more than 2 inches. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | Flash flooding was reported in the Johnson Canyon area, as well as Lick Wash. In Lick Wash, hikers scrambled out of the wash for an hour and a half to get away from the flood waters. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | Flash flooding was reported in Johnson Canyon, with a park ranger in the area calling it an average-sized flash flood. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | A Kanab Visitor Center ranger reported a large flash flood in upper Johnson Canyon. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | 3ft of water rushing through Buckskin Gulch...a slot canyon off the Paria River. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | Flash flood in the Paria River drainage damaged Cottonwood Road. Flow rate in the area increased from 2 CFS to 1054 CFS in one hour. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | Road to Whitehouse Campground washed out...near HWY 89. |
| October 2005 | Flash Flood | Kanab | - | Road washed out in Hog Canyon |
| April 2005 | Heavy Rain | Kanab | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanab | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Kanab | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Kanab | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kanab Hotel and Cafe | under 500 feet | 2003 |
 | Parry Lodge | under 500 feet | 2003 |
 | William Derby Johnson Jr. House | 0.1 miles | 2001 |
 | Rider-Pugh House | 0.1 miles | 2001 |
 | Bowman-Chamberlain House | 0.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Stewart-Woolley House | 0.2 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10001175 in Record Group 79. |
| Kane County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.