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Kanab ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|n|æ|b}} {{respell|kə|NAB}}) is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States.^[4] It is located on Kanab Creek just north of the Arizona state line. This area was first settled in 1864 and the town was founded in 1870 when ten Latter-Day Saint families moved into the area.^[5] The population was 4,312 at the 2010 census.

Kanab is situated in the "Grand Circle" area, centrally located among Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon (North Rim), Zion National Park, and Lake Powell. Other nearby attractions include Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, the privately owned Moqui Cave, and the largest animal sanctuary in the United States, Best Friends Animal Society.

Locals refer to Kanab as "Little Hollywood" due to its history as a filming location for many movies and television series, prominently western, such as Stagecoach (1939), The Lone Ranger, Death Valley Days. Gunsmoke, Daniel Boone, El Dorado (1966), Planet of the Apes (1968), Mackenna's Gold, Sergeants 3, WindRunner: A Spirited Journey, Western Union (1941), The Desperadoes (1943), In Old Oklahoma (1943), Buffalo Bill (1944), Westward the Women (1952), Tomahawk Trail (1957), Fort Bowie (1958), Sergeants Three (1962), Duel at Diablo (1966), Ride in the Whirlwind (1965), The Shooting (1966), and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).^[6]^[7]

Geography and climate

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.1 square miles (36.4 km²), of which, 14.0 square miles (36.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.28%) is water.

Kanab has a borderline Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa), more typical of exposed regions around Arizona’s Mogollon Rim. The town is rather wetter, especially during the winter months, and hotter than the typical Mountain West cool semi-arid climate. The dry spring season from April to June is warm to hot during the day and very clear but the hot sun and thin air typical of Utah mean that nights remain cool and frosts can occur even in May. In the summer, monsoon thunderstorms break up the dry weather between July and October. The winters are cool during the day and very cold at night, though a large proportion of the precipitation is still rain rather than snow, which rarely accumulated beyond {{convert|1|in|cm}} and has a median total fall of only {{convert|14.8|in|m}}, or three-tenths that of Salt Lake City. As noted above, overall winter precipitation is slightly in excess of that required to qualify as a subhumid rather than semi-arid climate.

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|Feb record high F = 77
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 97
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 108
|Sep record high F = 105
|Oct record high F = 103
|Nov record high F = 80
|Dec record high F = 74
|Jan high F = 47.3
|Feb high F = 52.7
|Mar high F = 58.6
|Apr high F = 66.5
|May high F = 75.7
|Jun high F = 86.4
|Jul high F = 90.8
|Aug high F = 87.7
|Sep high F = 80.8
|Oct high F = 69.8
|Nov high F = 56.0
|Dec high F = 48.4
|Jan low F = 21.9
|Feb low F = 25.8
|Mar low F = 29.8
|Apr low F = 34.6
|May low F = 41.8
|Jun low F = 49.7
|Jul low F = 56.3
|Aug low F = 56.4
|Sep low F = 49.4
|Oct low F = 39.0
|Nov low F = 28.9
|Dec low F = 22.9
|Jan record low F = −11
|Feb record low F = −12
|Mar record low F = 3
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 18
|Jun record low F = 30
|Jul record low F = 39
|Aug record low F = 42
|Sep record low F = 30
|Oct record low F = 13
|Nov record low F = 5
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|Feb precipitation inch = 1.73
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.91
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.95
|May precipitation inch = 0.68
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|Jul precipitation inch = 1.05
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.45
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.37
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.35
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.18
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.01
|Jan precipitation days = 6.6
|Feb precipitation days = 6.7
|Mar precipitation days = 8.1
|Apr precipitation days = 5.3
|May precipitation days = 5.0
|Jun precipitation days = 2.8
|Jul precipitation days = 6.0
|Aug precipitation days = 7.7
|Sep precipitation days = 5.9
|Oct precipitation days = 5.2
|Nov precipitation days = 4.5
|Dec precipitation days = 5.1
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|Jan snow inch = 9.3
|Feb snow inch = 5.0
|Mar snow inch = 2.6
|Apr snow inch = 2.3
|May snow inch = 0
|Jun snow inch = 0
|Jul snow inch = 0
|Aug snow inch = 0
|Sep snow inch = 0
|Oct snow inch = 0.2
|Nov snow inch = 2.3
|Dec snow inch = 3.7
|Jan snow days = 3.2
|Feb snow days = 2.1
|Mar snow days = 1.7
|Apr snow days = 1.0
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|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0.2
|Nov snow days = 1.0
|Dec snow days = 1.9
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|date=April 2013
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Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2010, there were 4,312 people, 1,729 households, and 1,130 families residing in the townships. The population density was 308 people per square mile (98.2/km²). There were 1,999 housing units at an average density of 141.8 per square mile (41.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.2% White, 0.3% African American, 1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 0.8% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.2% of the population.

There were 1,729 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, a decrease of 6.4% compared to the 2000 census. 65.4% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families, an increase of 7.9% over the 2000 census. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.08.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,286, and the median income for a family was $48,008. Males had a median income of $30,018 versus $22,205 for females. About 4.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

Jackson Flat Reservoir

In 2010, construction began on the Jackson Flat Reservoir under the direction of the Kane County Water Conservancy District. The reservoir had been in various stages of planning for 19 years. Completion of the reservoir took 2 years of construction, and one year of filling.^[11] The Dam structure is composed of 800,000 yards of clay, dirt, and rock. The project was supervised by four engineering firms including the Utah State Engineer of Dam Safety, and the Army Corps of Engineers. The 4,228 acre-feet reservoir is an off stream site fed by a 24-inch pipe capable of transferring 23 acre feet of water per day. The average depth of the reservoir is 28 feet with a conservation pool that will sustain a 400 acre-foot pool of water. In April 2015, the reservoir reached 3000 acre-feet of water. Water volumes vary throughout the year as reserves are tapped during summer months to supplement local irrigation needs, and are then refilled during the winter season based on annual rainfall. The reservoir is located directly south of Kanab, East of the municipal airport and is visible from Highway 89A.

During planning and construction, crews discovered 10 sites of prehistoric Anasazi ruins, including human remains. Sites which would be below the water line were fully excavated and remains turned over to the local Paiute tribe for proper care and burial ceremonies. Sites above the projected water line remain un-excavated.^[12]

The Jackson Flat Reservoir has been stocked with trout, catfish, and bluegill fish varieties. The site supports non-motorized boating, fishing and swimming.

Natural Family Resolution

On January 10, 2006, Mayor Kim Lawson and the city council unanimously passed Resolution 1-1-06R, titled The Natural Family: A Vision for the City of Kanab:^[13]^[14]

The nonbinding resolution was formulated by the Sutherland Institute, a conservative advocacy group from Salt Lake City.^[13] The symbolic resolution created controversy within the city.^[15]^[16] Hundreds of tourists canceled trips to Kanab after learning about the resolution.^[17]^[18]^[19]

In Arthur Frommer's monthly travel column, Frommer called the city "homophobic" and urged readers to boycott the city.^[20]

A local civic group, The Kanab Boosters, published an open letter to ask Frommer to reconsider his boycott, making it clear that "only a small number of people agree with our city council regarding the Natural Family Proclamation".^[21] The Boosters also designed and provided stickers for citizens and resident business owners opposed to the resolution.^[22] The stickers featured a string of rainbow-colored human figures underneath the red rocks of Kanab and the words "Everyone welcome here".^[22]

In response to the criticism of the resolution, the Sutherland Institute clarified, saying that the resolution said that children are reared properly when a mother is home a significant amount of time and that a gay relationship is not a natural family.^[23]

In 2008, Kanab's city council voted to prohibit the wearing of bikinis at the city pool.^[24] The ban was rescinded within a month.^[25]

Search for Montezuma's treasure

In 1914 Freddy Crystal arrived in Kanab saying that, while researching in Mexico, he had discovered that the great treasure of Montezuma, spirited away by the king's men before he died, was to be found in the mountains around the town. Many searches and digs by Crystal and those who followed him ended when a plan to drain a lake, in the belief that the treasure resided in an under-water cave, was stopped by the Government because it was one of the few refuges of the Kanab ambersnail.^[26]

Kanab Ambersnail

Three Lakes, a privately owned wet meadow near Kanab, is one of only two natural habitats for the Kanab Ambersnail, a snail species which was listed as an endangered species in 1992 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a species of conservation priority for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Notable people

See also

References

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