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Darling, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86004. It lies near Walnut Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Winona quadrangle. It stands 6,227 feet above sea level.

Darling within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Darling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,799 acres in total. 75 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
Natural75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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 1996Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestWILD
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresCoconino National ForestRANCH
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestRECYCLER
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestPAPA
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestWILDCAT
4 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestTUFA
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBAIRD
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCoconino National ForestWINONA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Darling: 7 past producers, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Angell No. 2 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Baker PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Baker PitPumiceProducer
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Darling Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsProducer

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
Winona0.5 miles22
Cosnino4.0 miles22
Mountain View Ranches5.0 miles22
Angell5.1 miles22
Elden Pueblo9.3 miles31
East Flagstaff11.3 miles31
Cogdill Center13.0 miles30
Flagstaff13.3 miles30

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 DarlingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28221135The 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 28279. 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.