Chalender, 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 86018. It lies near Pitman Valley. The Survey maps it on the Davenport Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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 Chino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS Williams quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bill Williams Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Williams quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Davenport Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
243 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Chalender between 1992 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 168 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 168 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | QUARRY |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BEACON |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BOX |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | LABOR |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SHULTZ |
| 30 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SUNFLOWER |
| 30 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MOONSET |
| 3 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | KA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chalender: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pits | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Parks | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Spitz Spring Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Williams No. 10 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalender in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Hail | Chalender | - | Public reported, via social media, hail up to the size of quarters. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Chalender | - | Public reported, via social media, hail in Garland Prairie up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Chalender | - | One inch of rain fell at Green Base Lookout Tower in 20 minutes. The storm total was 1.10 inches. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Chalender | - | This tornado was determined via aerial photography and surveys, correlated with the tornadic radar signatures. The start and stop times were estimated from the radar data. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Forest Estates | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Tank | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Parks | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Bootlegger Crossing | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Maine | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Williams Junction | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Williams | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Bellemont | 10.2 miles | 31 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122590876 | 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 27478. 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.










