Corva, Arizona
21 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 86046. It stands on Corva Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hearst Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 Hearst Mtn. quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Williams quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Hearst Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Corva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 34 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MCCLELLAN |
| 24 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kaibab National Forest | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | WELCH |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | KETCH |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | DUDE |
| 7 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | 153 |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | DEVIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Corva: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cat Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pits | Pumice | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cucamonga Junction | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Daze | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Sereno Spring | 4.4 miles | 27 | |
| Sereno | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| Kaibab Estates West | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Williams | 8.6 miles | 24 | |
| Williams Junction | 11.6 miles | 24 | |
| Red Lake | 12.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27984. 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.










