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Chair Crossing, Arizona

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Kaibab Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86036. It lies near Paria Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lees Ferry quadrangle.

Chair Crossing within Coconino County

On record in Chair Crossing

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Chair Crossing between 1994 and 2017, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkBRIDGE
6 June 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGlen Canyon National Recreation Area7.5 MILE C
4 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGlen Canyon National Recreation AreaLEES FERRY CAMPGROUND
13 June 2013Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresGlen Canyon National Recreation Area8 MILE BAR
11 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGlen Canyon National Recreation AreaLEES FERRY
29 May 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkKEATING
2 February 2009Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSOUTH PAGE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Chair Crossing: 9 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Bentonite, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
Foot of Echo Cliffs Area BentoniteBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Lees FerrySilica, Semiprecious GemstoneProducerReplacement
Lees Ferry GoldGoldOccurrence
Lees Ferry MercuryMercuryOccurrence
Lehneer ProspectCopper, UraniumProspect
Maggie-Baker RileySemiprecious Gemstone, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Redwing ProspectUranium, CopperProspect
B&B 1 & 11CopperUnknown
El Pequito MineUranium, CopperPast ProducerVein
Lehneer ProspectUranium, CopperOccurrenceVein

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
Marble Canyon4.5 miles25
Page7.9 miles23
Greenehaven8.6 miles26
Wahweap10.2 miles23
Bitter Springs17.1 miles23
One Mile24.8 miles22
Kaibito33.5 miles19
Jacob Lake34.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24354. 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.