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Gunnison is a city in the Sevier Valley in southwestern in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,285 at the 2010 census. The city was named in great compliment of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army supervisor who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.

In the summer of 2007, over 24,000 US gallons (91,000 l) of gasoline leaked from a storage tank beneath the Top cease gas station, located upon the corner of South Main and East Center and owned by Wind River Petroleum. The gasoline leaked throughout the soil beneath South Main Street and eventually throughout the southwest side of town, contaminating businesses and homes. On August 10, 2007, local and divulge officials ordered the temporary evacuation of an entire Main Street block, heavily populated in the tune of businesses, because of the fumes from the gasoline leak. In the weeks following, Wasatch Environmental installed underground soil-ventilation systems. Several businesses, including the Top Stop, permanently closed, and some homes were evacuated. Gunnison City, along later a number of businesses and residents, filed suit adjoining Wind River Petroleum over the handling of the gas leak. As of 2010, approximately $3 million ($1 million from a confess cleanup fund, $2 million from Wind River Petroleum) had been spent on the cleanup, which is time-honored to last a decade. Gunnison City recently completed a Main Street rehabilitation project valued at over $1 million.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), all land.