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Cove, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86544. The Survey maps it on the Cove quadrangle. It stands 6,378 feet above sea level.

Cove within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Cove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2004Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementOIL FIELD
2 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor46 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCOVE 5
17 September 2016Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementJOE WOODY WELL
9 August 2015Natural1.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementS. VIEW POINT
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementVIEW POINT
26 August 2004Natural2.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCOVE 3
22 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementWIDELAKEII
22 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementN 336 ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Cove: 71 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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
Mesa 1 1/2Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Mesa Iv 1/4Vanadium, UraniumUnknown
Mesa Iv Mine No3Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Mesa VVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
4b MineUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerTyuyamunite
Alcove MesaUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Billy TopahaUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Cato No1 PitUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Cato No2Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
East Mesa MineUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Tyuyamunite

Every working recorded in Apache 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
Yazzi1.0 miles18
Red Rock8.8 miles18
Lukachukai10.3 miles17
Horse Mesa13.2 miles18
Round Rock14.0 miles18
Emmanuel Mission18.9 miles18
Sehili19.9 miles17
Twin Falls21.5 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on CoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4959970The 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 25261. 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.