Frazier Wells, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hualapai census division. The Survey maps it on the Frazier Wells quadrangle.

Frazier Wells 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.

1886 USGS Diamond Creek quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Diamond Creek quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Frazier Wells quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Peach Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Frazier Wells between 1992 and 2019, burning about 172 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 2 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	85
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
8 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	POTATOE
4 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	XI
3 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	TOWER
25 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	PINE
15 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	OVERCAST
15 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	BROWN
15 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	RIDGE
1 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	EXPERIMENT

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 Frazier Wells: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Adams-Woodie Prospect	Manganese	Prospect	1963

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
Robbers Roost	9.4 miles	18
Rose Well Camp	10.9 miles	18
Grand Canyon Caverns	19.5 miles	18
Tin House	28.5 miles	19
Bishop Place	28.9 miles	18
Supai	37.4 miles	21
Willaha	42.9 miles	18
Woodin	43.5 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 4832. 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.