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Grand Canyon, Arizona

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86023. It sits by Maricopa Point. The Survey maps it on the Grand Canyon quadrangle.

Grand Canyon within Coconino County

On record in Grand Canyon

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 12 of 17 shown

Every listing in Coconino County

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 54 shown

Every surveyed structure in Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 39 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.

Photographs

8 of 12 photographs shown, 2018

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Scene in Coconino County, Arizona, along the road between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon National Park
Scene in Coconino County, Arizona, along the road between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon National Park
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
West Rim Drive, Between Grand Canyon Village & Hermit Rest, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
West Rim Drive, Between Grand Canyon Village & Hermit Rest, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Bright Angel Lodge, Grand Canyon Village, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Bright Angel Lodge, Grand Canyon Village, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Folbot Kayak Escalante, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ
Folbot Kayak Escalante, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Grand Canyon Inn & National Park Headquarters, Santa Fe River, North Rim, intersection of Canyon & Cerro Gordo Roads, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Grand Canyon Inn & National Park Headquarters, Santa Fe River, North Rim, intersection of Canyon & Cerro Gordo Roads, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
East Rim Drive, Between South Entrance Road & park boundary, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
East Rim Drive, Between South Entrance Road & park boundary, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Bright Angel Lodge, Cabin No. 6191-6192, Grand Canyon Village, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Bright Angel Lodge, Cabin No. 6191-6192, Grand Canyon Village, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Orphan Lode Mine, North of West Rim Road between Powell Point and Maricopa Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ
Orphan Lode Mine, North of West Rim Road between Powell Point and Maricopa Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Coconino County

Fires near this place

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Grand Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 11 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
Recreation and ceremony235
Natural112
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2

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 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkVILLAGE
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National Forestnot named
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestAPACHE
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkE-3
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkP
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkRIM
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKaibab National Forestnot named
30 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkCOCONINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grand Canyon: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kyanite, Uranium, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Antimony, Lead, Nickel, Molybdenum, Manganese, Magnesite, Gold, Iron. 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
Orphan Lode MineUranium, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Antimony, Lead, Nickel, Molybdenum, Manganese, Magnesite, Gold, IronPast Producer1891
Sillimanite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Canyon in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1995TornadoGrand Canyon-Pilot reported seeing a tornado.,,

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Coconino5.2 miles19
Tusayan5.6 miles19
Apex8.1 miles19
North Rim11.5 miles39
Vista Encantada15.0 miles24
Woodin15.5 miles18
Willaha21.2 miles18
Valle27.7 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.

Wikidata item Q49352170The 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 5213. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.