BlockBlue Gap, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chinle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86520. The Survey maps it on the Blue Gap quadrangle. It stands 6,496 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Blue Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Blue Gap between 1994 and 2006, burning about 18 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BLUE GAP 02 |
| 20 June 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CRYSTAL |
| 15 June 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CAPTAINTOM |
| 10 June 2006 | Natural | 16 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BLACK MESA 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blue Gap: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruin Mesa Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Clay, Metahewettite, Tyuyamunite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahchee | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cottonwood | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Salina | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coyote Springs | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rough Rock | 16.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chinle | 20.9 miles | 15 | |
| Many Farms | 21.5 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock | 23.6 miles | 15 |
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 Blue Gap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4929134 | 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 25260. 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.