Cow Springs, Arizona

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Tuba City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86044. It lies near Klethla Valley. The Survey maps it on the Cow Springs quadrangle. It stands 5,863 feet above sea level.

Cow Springs within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1883 USGS Marsh Pass quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Marsh Pass quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Cow Springs quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Pinon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cow Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
3 September 2020	Debris and open burning	18 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	W COW SPRINGS
6 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	N160MP351
23 July 2000	Debris and open burning	2.3 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	HW160MP347
14 July 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.5 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	COW SPRING
8 June 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	COWSPR01
30 April 2002	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	COWSPRING1

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cow Springs: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cow Spring Occurrence	Manganese	Occurrence
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Shonto Area	Limestone, General	Occurrence	Sedimentary

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tonalea	9.7 miles	16
Kaibito	18.4 miles	19
Rare Metals	24.6 miles	19
Tuba City	29.3 miles	19
Moenkopi	29.7 miles	19
Coal Mine Mesa	31.9 miles	18
Moenave	33.2 miles	19
Willow Springs	34.0 miles	20

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 Cow Springs	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28167758	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 24388. 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.