BlockFrom the record
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Millard County · listed in 1976 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gunnison Massacre Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- Address. 6 mi. SW of Hinckley on the Sevier River, Hinckley, 84624
- When was it listed? April 1976
- Category. site
- Census division. Delta
- National Register reference number. 76001819 - 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
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Gunnison Massacre Site between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,395 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Richfield Field Office | MASSACRE |
| 27 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 28 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MASSACRE FIRE |
| 18 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | PELICAN |
| 6 June 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 1,356 acres | Richfield Field Office | STONE FACE |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gunnison Massacre Site: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14086 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14086 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this property
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinckley, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Hail | Hinckley | - | Penny-sized hail fell. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinckley | - | The media relayed a report of a sensor measuring a maximum wind gust of 65 mph due to a thunderstorm passing over the town of Hinckley. |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hinckley High School Gymnasium | 6.7 miles | 1985 |
 | Millard Academy | 6.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Fort Deseret | 6.7 miles | 1970 |
 | Deseret Relief Society Hall | 6.8 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76001819 in Record Group 79. |
| Millard County | All 26 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.