Fort Tuthill, Arizona
30 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 86005. The Survey maps it on the Flagstaff West quadrangle. It stands 6,995 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort Tuthill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Fort Tuthill Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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 San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1899 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:125000, 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
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
761 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 761 fires within 5 miles of Fort Tuthill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,237 acres in total. 151 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 308 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 234 |
| Natural | 151 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SUNDAY |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Highlands Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PLANTATION |
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BUDWEISER |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | FAREWELL |
| 8 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SMOKEY |
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Fort Tuthill: 9 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Limestone, General, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Lead, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Lava Claim | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kachina Village | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Cogdill Center | 4.0 miles | 30 | |
| Mountainaire | 4.2 miles | 30 | |
| Riordan | 4.2 miles | 30 | |
| Flagstaff | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| East Flagstaff | 6.5 miles | 31 | |
| Elden Pueblo | 9.7 miles | 31 | |
| Bellemont | 9.9 miles | 31 |
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 Fort Tuthill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28221727 | 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 29119. 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.












