BlockBlack Falls Crossing, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86004. It lies near Kanaa Valley. The Survey maps it on the Wupatki SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1899 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1969 USGS Wupatki SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Black Falls Crossing in 2005, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | WALNUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Black Falls Crossing: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.Lee 3 - J. Semallie | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Black Falls Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Central Wash Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiis Holoni | 11.8 miles | 20 | |
| Wolf Crossing | 15.0 miles | 21 | |
| Gray Mountain | 16.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sand Springs | 20.8 miles | 19 | |
| Cameron | 22.3 miles | 21 | |
| Leupp | 23.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sunrise | 24.1 miles | 21 | |
| Tolani Lake | 24.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 26386. 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.