Clints Well, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86024. The Survey maps it on the Long Valley quadrangle. It stands 6,854 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Long Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
492 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 492 fires within 5 miles of Clints Well between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,213 acres in total. 371 started naturally. 9 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 | 371 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | BLAZED |
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | BRONX |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | COOKIE |
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | LJ |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | FLEECE |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | CHILSON |
| 6 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | EXPER |
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 Clints Well: 4 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Mining Claims MS 4531 | Pumice, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Denison Group | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Hough Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Long Valley Claim | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Shoup Group | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Star Claim | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clints Well in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 2 heavy rain, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Clints Well | - | A thunderstorm produce 1.20 inches of rain in just over an hour about 12 miles east-northeast of Clints Well (at the rat of an inch per hour). |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Clints Well | - | Photos of large ponderosa pine trees snapped off, funnel cloud, and radar signature supported reports of a tornado. Path Measured after official NWS storm survey. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Clints Well | - | The US Forest Service and NWS reported significant tornado damage near Blue Ridge Ranger Station and NWS Radar site. Hundreds of ponderosa pines were blown over or snapped off along a 14.8 mile path. At least one alligator juniper that was 2 and a half feet in diameter was snapped off. Trees were down across Highway 87 between mile markers 296 and 298. NWS Storm Surveys and aerial surveys contributed to the event analysis. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Clints Well | - | Heavy rain fell over Coconino County through the day. Some rainfall totals include: Flagstaff Airport: 1.38, Dry Park RAWS: 0.90, Grand Canyon Airport 1.00, Mormon Lake RAWS 2.54, Promontory RAWS 2.52. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Clints Well | - | Flash flooding covered State Highway 87 with 5 feet of water about 17 miles northeast of Clints Well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingfield | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Jones Crossing | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Long Valley | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Little Spring | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lost Eden | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kinder Crossing | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Horse Crossing | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Blue Ridge | 12.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q28220804 | 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 27726. 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.







