Grand Canyon Caverns, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86434. The Survey maps it on the Grand Canyon Caverns quadrangle.

Grand Canyon Caverns within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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
1981 USGS Grand Canyon Caverns quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Peach Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Grand Canyon Caverns between 1993 and 2019, burning about 81 acres in total. 22 started naturally. None was 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	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Smoking	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Debris and open burning	2
Fireworks	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 2009	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	FOUR MILE
8 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	DIVIDE
2 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	ANTELOPE
2 September 1995	Smoking	1.5 acres	Truxton Canyon Agency	ROADRUNNER
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	NAT OUT 6
14 September 1996	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Truxton Canyon Agency	TWIN
28 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District	PITT
23 August 2005	Natural	3.0 acres	Truxton Canyon Agency	AIRSTRIP

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grand Canyon Caverns: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sand and Gravel
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sand and Gravel
Flintkote Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Nelson Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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	10.0 miles	18
Frazier Wells	19.5 miles	19
Rose Well Camp	24.1 miles	18
Bishop Place	27.3 miles	18
Tin House	38.2 miles	19
Kaibab Estates West	44.1 miles	21
Cucamonga Junction	47.5 miles	21
Daze	47.9 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25250. 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.