Forest Lakes Estates, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85931. It lies near Saint Joe Ridge. The Survey maps it on the O W Point quadrangle. 155 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,562 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Woods Canyon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Show Low quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS O W Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
492 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 492 fires within 5 miles of Forest Lakes Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,751 acres in total. 240 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 240 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 171 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MOSQUITO |
| 9 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | NELSON |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Lakes Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Forest Lakes Fire Department | 236 |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | FULTON |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Forest Lakes Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | JERSEY |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | 172 ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Forest Lakes Estates: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 | ||
| Campbell Group | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Denison Group | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Denison Group | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Hill Crest Group | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Mesa Verde Group and Other Claims | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Mesa Verde No5-7,Pat.No4442 | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Rainbow Group | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Rainbow Group | Manganese | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Crossing | 13.3 miles | 26 | |
| Mule Crossing | 13.4 miles | 26 | |
| Campo Bonito | 14.7 miles | 26 | |
| Wiggins Crossing | 15.8 miles | 17 | |
| Durfee Crossing | 16.2 miles | 17 | |
| Mormon Crossing | 19.2 miles | 17 | |
| Babbit Winter | 19.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Tillman | 20.0 miles | 16 |
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 Forest Lakes Estates | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5469015 | 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 37795. 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.








