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Bootlegger Crossing, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86046. It lies near Boxcar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Davenport Hill quadrangle.

Bootlegger Crossing within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

Fires near this place

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Bootlegger Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 196 started naturally. 3 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
Natural196
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Smoking14
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestBEACON
7 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National ForestCINDER
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestBOX
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestMOORE
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKaibab National ForestDOGTOWN
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestKNOLL
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestROSILDA
3 September 2017Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestSCHOOL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bootlegger Crossing: 9 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arizona MinePumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerPumice
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Pit TankVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
West SideVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Williams No. 10 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Williams No. 2 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Arizona MinePumicePast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Williams Junction1.2 miles24
Pine Tank2.6 miles22
Sherwood Forest Estates3.7 miles22
Williams4.1 miles24
Chalender4.7 miles22
Sereno8.4 miles27
Sereno Spring8.8 miles27
Parks8.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 37658. 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.