BlockCoal Mine Mesa, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86045. It stands on Coal Mine Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Coal Mine Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Coal Mine Mesa quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Coal Mine Mesa between 2007 and 2019, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Hopi Agency | HWY 264 / M.P. 347 |
| 18 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | HWY 264 M.P. 351.5 |
| 17 April 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hopi Agency | HWY 264 MP344 |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Coal Mine Mesa: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Mine Canyon | Kaolin | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Springs | 16.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rare Metals | 16.7 miles | 19 | |
| Moenkopi | 18.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tuba City | 20.0 miles | 19 | |
| Moenave | 24.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tonalea | 25.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cameron | 25.7 miles | 21 | |
| Tiis Holoni | 27.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 3051. 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.