BlockBlue, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85922. It lies near Steeple Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Blue quadrangle. It stands 5,758 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1922 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Blue quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Blue quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Blue quadrangle1:24000
- 2005 USGS Blue quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Blue between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60,798 acres in total. 81 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 | 81 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BOBCAT |
| 9 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | MUD |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BONANZA |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | STEEPLE |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | SCHOOL HOUSE |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WALLOW |
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | SCHOOL |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 9.9 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BONANZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Vista | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Carlton Vista | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hannagan Meadow | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Strayhorse | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cleaveland | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sprucedale | 14.7 miles | 14 | |
| Charlie Moore Place | 15.5 miles | 17 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4928700 | 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 26502. 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.