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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.

Corva within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

59 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKaibab National ForestMCCLELLAN
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKaibab National Forestnot named
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestWELCH
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestKETCH
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreKaibab National Forestnot named
7 August 2004Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestDUDE
7 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreKaibab National Forest153
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestDEVIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Cat QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionProducerSandstone
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cucamonga Junction2.7 miles21
Daze3.4 miles26
Sereno Spring4.4 miles27
Sereno4.7 miles27
Kaibab Estates West6.3 miles21
Williams8.6 miles24
Williams Junction11.6 miles24
Red Lake12.2 miles21

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.