Allentown, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86506. It stands on Whitewater Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Houck quadrangle. It stands 6,145 feet above sea level.
On record in Allentown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Allentown Bridgelisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1886 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Houck quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Allentown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,486 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CELLTOWER1 |
| 25 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HAWTHORNE |
| 15 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Puerco Valley Fire District | 222 |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HOUCK 2 |
| 4 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HOUCK3 |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CELLTOWER3 |
| 3 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ALLENTOWN |
| 24 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MP348I-40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Allentown: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Geothermal, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houck Silica Operation Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Name Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Bentonite Occurence | Bentonite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Bentonite Pits Near Allentown | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bentonitic Clay Deposit | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Lupton Bentonitic Clay Deposit | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houck | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lupton | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Springs | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sanders | 10.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chetco | 10.7 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Springs | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chambers | 16.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hunters Point | 17.9 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Allentown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4960687 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24302. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








