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Elden Pueblo, Arizona

31 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 Sheep Hill. The Survey maps it on the Flagstaff East quadrangle.

Elden Pueblo within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

806 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 806 fires within 5 miles of Elden Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,358 acres in total. 288 started naturally. 24 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
Natural288
Missing data/not specified/undetermined256
Recreation and ceremony172
Smoking27
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestPUEBLO
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBOTTOMLESS
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSPARKS
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northern DistrictTURKEY
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBOLD
6 September 2001Smokingunder an acreCoconino National ForestSLOPE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

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 Elden Pueblo: 5 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Marble, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elden Mtn.Marble, DimensionOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Red Hill PitPerliteProducer
Wildcat Hill PitVolcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCinders
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown
Flagstaff East No. 5 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders

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
East Flagstaff3.2 miles31
Mountain View Ranches4.6 miles22
Flagstaff5.4 miles30
Cosnino5.6 miles22
Cogdill Center5.6 miles30
Winona8.9 miles22
Darling9.3 miles22
Riordan9.6 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 28842. 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.