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First Mesa, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86042. It stands on Keams Canyon Wash. The Survey maps it on the Polacca quadrangle. 1,352 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,810 feet above sea level.

First Mesa within Navajo County

Population over time

3 figures

First Mesa grew from 1,124 to 1,352 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,124
20101,555+431 (+38%)
20201,352-203 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

307 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of First Mesa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 18 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 burning182
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Fireworks16
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyBEESON 2
8 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresHopi AgencyPABLO
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencySTRAW
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyHWY 264 MP 394
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyOLD PDS II
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHopi AgencyDIMP #2
27 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyBON
27 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresHopi AgencyRED CLAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo 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 First Mesa: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Manganese. 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
Sheeps SpringsManganeseUnknown
Unidentified Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrence
Unidentified Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Navajo 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
Polacca0.0 miles19
Hano0.6 miles19
Sichomovi0.7 miles19
Walpi0.9 miles19
Wepo Village3.9 miles19
Mishongnovi6.3 miles19
Sipaulovi6.4 miles19
Toreva6.5 miles19

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 First MesaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1419490The 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 1853158. 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.