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.
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.
Lee's Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranchlisted 1997 · 0.2 miles away
Lees Ferrylisted 1976 · 1.0 miles away- Lonely Dell Ranch Historic Districtlisted 1978 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1886 USGS Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1954 USGS Lees Ferry quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Lees Ferry SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Glen Canyon Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lees Ferry quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Lees Ferry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | BRIDGE |
| 6 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | 7.5 MILE C |
| 4 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | LEES FERRY CAMPGROUND |
| 13 June 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | 8 MILE BAR |
| 11 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | LEES FERRY |
| 29 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | KEATING |
| 2 February 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SOUTH PAGE 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot of Echo Cliffs Area Bentonite | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Lees Ferry | Silica, Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | Replacement | |
| Lees Ferry Gold | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Lees Ferry Mercury | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Lehneer Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Maggie-Baker Riley | Semiprecious Gemstone, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Redwing Prospect | Uranium, Copper | Prospect | ||
| B&B 1 & 11 | Copper | Unknown | ||
| El Pequito Mine | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lehneer Prospect | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Canyon | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Page | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Greenehaven | 8.6 miles | 26 | |
| Wahweap | 10.2 miles | 23 | |
| Bitter Springs | 17.1 miles | 23 | |
| One Mile | 24.8 miles | 22 | |
| Kaibito | 33.5 miles | 19 | |
| Jacob Lake | 34.7 miles | 26 |
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.









