Blue Ridge, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86024. It lies near Moqui Draw. The Survey maps it on the Quayle Hill quadrangle.
On record in Blue Ridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Moqui Lookout Cabinlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Quayle Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Quayle Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
283 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Blue Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 203 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 203 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | OVERTIME |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | LAST |
| 28 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | AZTEC |
| 28 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | HUNT |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PROWLER |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Coconino National Forest | CAR |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | ZYN |
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 Ridge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogtown Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Ridge in 1 storm report in 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Blue Ridge | - | A climber in Jacks Canyon downstream from the Canyon Fire area reported heavy rain and hail started around 1215. He also stated: The primary stage of the flood was from 1245-1430. Secondary stage from 1430-1630 and tertiary 1630- until we exited around 1845. The next morning the water was still flowing but had decreased by 80% or so. During the storm we were having lightning strikes with in a mile every 90secs between 1230-1430. Hail and high winds for 15-30 minutes around 1300. Hail stones around 4-8mm.||I would guess that the size and energy of the flood had to do more with the fact that it was a recent fire area. The storm did move from the East to the South West which pretty much follows the topography of the canyon. The debris was mostly fire damage trees and soil.||No other reports of flooding in that area were received. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macks Crossing | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Horse Crossing | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Victorine Crossing | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kinder Crossing | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Little Spring | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lost Eden | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Echinique Place | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wiggins Crossing | 10.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805212. 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.








