Bacavi, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86030. It lies near Third Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Hotevilla quadrangle.

Bacavi within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1883 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Oraibi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1982 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Hotevilla quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

278 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Bacavi between 1994 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 19 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	174
Arson/incendiarism	19
Natural	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Recreation and ceremony	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Other causes	8
Fireworks	8
Smoking	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7

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
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	KYKOTSMOVI I
5 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	PEACH
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	FRED
4 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	LAWARENCE
29 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	YOYO FIRE
27 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	SPRING
26 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	TAYLOR
26 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	ERICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hotevilla	0.9 miles	20
Hotevilla-Bacavi	0.9 miles	20
Mahtson-pi	1.2 miles	20
Huk Ovi	2.7 miles	20
Mumurva	3.2 miles	20
Pivahn-hon-kya-pi	3.3 miles	20
Oraibi	3.4 miles	20
Kykotsmovi Village	3.9 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 929. 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.