Old Irontown

Built in 1868. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“Old Irontown, Old Iron Town, or Irontown, originally Iron City, is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town in Iron County, Utah, United States. It is located in Dixie National Forest, approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Cedar City.”
Wikipedia article Old Irontown, Utah, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Iron County · listed in 1971 · category: Site · built in 1868.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. About 22 mi. W of Ceder City, 3 mi. S of UT 56, Cedar City, 84720
When was it listed? May 1971
Category. site
Census division. Beryl-Newcastle
When was it built? 1868
National Register reference number. 71000843 - 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Old Irontown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 87 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	87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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 2009	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	WHEAT GRASS
9 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	SILVER PEAK
7 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	PAGE
5 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	PAGE
4 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	GHOST RIDER
26 September 2008	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	DESERT MOUND
24 September 2014	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	LITTLE PINTO
2 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Dixie National Forest	1027

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Old Irontown: 16 past producers, 7 prospects, 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Blowout Mine	Iron, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1945, 1947
Blowout Mine	Lead, Iron, Copper	Past Producer
Iron Springs District	Iron, Manganese, Copper, Lead	Producer	1849, 1874
Pinto Mine	Iron, Lead	Past Producer	1942
Pinto Mine	Lead, Iron	Past Producer
Utah Shamrock Quarries	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Utah Shamrock Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Silver Peak Gravel Pit #17	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Silver Peak Gravel Pit No.17	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ut Dept.Hwys Pit No.11077	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this property

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar City, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 12 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2012	Flash Flood	Cedar City	$1,500,000	Major flash flooding occurred in the cities of Enoch and Cedar City on the afternoon of August 17th. Enoch had the most significant damage, with 110 houses damaged by flood waters, while Cedar City mostly experienced street flooding. About 30 of those 110 houses experienced major damage, typically over $30,000 per house, while the rest had more minor damage. Flood waters and some sewage poured into many basements, as well as some ground level floors. The water broke windows and destroyed carpets, walls, and personal belongings in many of the homes.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Cedar City	$400,000	Significant flash flooding occurred in Cedar City and Enoch, following record rainfall. The Cedar City ASOS recorded 2.25 inches of precipitation for the day, breaking the previous one-day record precipitation for the site. In Cedar City, 30 to 40 homes, as well as one church, experienced flooding, primarily in basements. In addition, heavy rain caused the roof of the Metalcraft Technologies building to collapse, though no one was in the building at the time. In Enoch, two homes and one public works building had significant flooding resulting in damage. Despite all this property damage, no injuries were reported due to the flood waters.
October 2004	Flash Flood	Cedar City	$400,000	no account filed
August 2021	Flash Flood	Cedar City	$200,000	Flash flooding was reported on Coal Creek. The Coal Creek near Cedar City gauge rose from 8 CFS to 1160 CFS overnight. Several homes within the Flying L Ranches subdivision outside of Cedar City were damaged by floodwaters.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Cedar City	$50,000	Portions of Cedar City got pounded with heavy rains, submerging the north freeway interchange with several inches of water and causing a multi-car accident. Streets and basements were also flooded in the Fiddler's Canyon subdivision.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Cedar City	$50,000	Slow moving thunderstorms formed over Cedar City, causing massive flash flooding. The west side of town received the worst of the flooding. Drainage systems in town were overwhelmed by the storm, as flood waters up to 4 feet deep moved through the streets. One subdivision was evacuated as a wall of water broke through windows and flooded basements. Mud and debris covered Highway 56 west of town, and some intersections were washed out. Several vehicles were also swept down city streets. Two traffic accidents were also caused by the heavy rain and flooding. Rain totals were impressive with one spotter on the west side of town reporting 2.36 inches during the storm. Miraculously, nobody was injured.
September 1998	Flood	Cedar City	$2,000	no account filed
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Cedar City	-	The Cedar City Regional Airport ASOS recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2023	Flash Flood	Cedar City	-	There were reports of flooding at a campground in Cedar Canyon. The Cedar Canyon stream gauge reported a significant rise.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Cedar City	-	Urban flash flooding was reported in Cedar City. A video received via social media showing water flowing down streets near the Ashdown Subdivision.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Cedar City	-	Heavy rain caused flash flooding that temporarily closed state Route 14 at milepost 5.
July 2012	Flash Flood	Cedar City	-	A flash flood occurred on Coal Creek, with the gauge there increasing from 44 cfs to 1021 cfs in one hour.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Cedar City	-	Thunderstorms wind gusts at Ceder City airport. Gust occurred at 1440 local time.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Cedar City	-	A 54 knot wind gust was recorded at the Cedar City airport ASOS.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Cedar City	-	SR14 closed due to debris and up to 2ft of water across the road
July 2003	Flash Flood	Cedar City	-	Flash flooding was reported over the mountains about 2 miles east of Cedar City.
September 2002	Hail	Cedar City	-	A severe thunderstorm brought heavy rain and 3/4 inch hail to portions of Cedar City.
August 1999	Heavy Rain	Cedar City	-	A thunderstorm dropped heavy rain in Cedar City for a short period of time, with .31 inches falling in 8 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Iron County

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

1 within 8 miles

Other 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
	Daniel R. and Sophia G. Page House	2.8 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 71000843 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Iron County	All 15 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.