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Aripine, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85933. The Survey maps it on the Aripine quadrangle.

Aripine within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Aripine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,756 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 1 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
Natural62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestGIRL
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestDECKER WASH
29 September 2000Natural2.5 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestDEAR HORSE
18 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHOLLOW
17 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBAILEY
1 September 2002Smokingunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestARIPINE
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestCAMPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Aripine: 3 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Navajo County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aripine in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Flash FloodAripine-Arizona Department of Transportation reported standing water along State Route 277 and advised against driving through flooded sections.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindAripine-The National Forest Service reported wind damaged juniper trees with needles missing along a 3/4 mile stretch of State Route 277 about a mile west of Forest Service Road 332.

Every storm recorded in Navajo County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Overgaard6.6 miles18
Clay Springs7.9 miles17
Heber8.8 miles18
Pinedale11.8 miles17
Zeniff12.0 miles15
Burton15.9 miles16
Schoens Crossing16.7 miles15
Linden16.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25737. 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.

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.