Chambers, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Puerco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86502. The Survey maps it on the Chambers quadrangle. It stands 5,755 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Chambers quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Chambers between 1993 and 2020, burning about 808 acres in total. 15 started naturally. None was 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RAIL |
| 18 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHAMBERS7 |
| 12 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CHAMBERS |
| 6 August 1995 | Smoking | 11 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | FILTROMINE |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHAMBERS 5 |
| 4 August 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PADRE 1 |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NAVAJO N |
| 29 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHAMBERS 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chambers: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Six | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Big Six Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | Bentonite | |
| Chambers | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chambers Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | Bentonite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambers in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2016 | Heavy Rain | Chambers | - | The Chambers Mesonet station (PUCA3) recorded 1.62 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Chambers | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetco | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sanders | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Navajo | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pinta | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Houck | 13.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tanner Springs | 15.0 miles | 15 | |
| Allentown | 16.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wide Ruins | 16.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Chambers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5069626 | 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 24356. 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.








