Chetco, 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 86512. The Survey maps it on the Sanders quadrangle. It stands 5,866 feet above sea level.
On record in Chetco
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Sanders Bridgelisted 1988 · 0.3 miles away
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 Sanders quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Chetco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| 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 |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SALT |
| 18 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHAMBERS7 |
| 15 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CEDAR POINT |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BUD |
| 14 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | W.QUERINO1 |
| 13 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | VHS HILLS |
| 13 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BURNTWATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Chetco: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houck Silica Operation Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Houck Silica Sand | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Big Six | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bleaching Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chambers | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Big Six Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | Bentonite | |
| Bleaching Clay Deposit | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders | 0.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chambers | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Houck | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Allentown | 10.7 miles | 15 | |
| Navajo | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Springs | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Wide Ruins | 16.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lupton | 17.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q28007457 | 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 24361. 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.








