Dennison, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86047. The Survey maps it on the Tucker Mesa SW quadrangle.

Dennison within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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 Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Tucker Mesa SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Dennison between 1993 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
29 September 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
20 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	BENNISON
15 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northern District	BEACON
3 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
26 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	LEUPP CORNER
17 August 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
16 August 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
4 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	344

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dennison: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

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
Meteor City	1.7 miles	19
Leupp Corner	2.6 miles	19
Moqui	5.0 miles	19
Rimmy Jims	6.9 miles	22
Sunshine	7.2 miles	22
LeChee	8.9 miles	19
Winslow West	8.9 miles	19
Two Guns	10.2 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24398. 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.