Grasshopper, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85911. The Survey maps it on the Oak Creek Ranch quadrangle.

Grasshopper within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 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 Chediski Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1977 USGS Oak Creek Ranch quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Show Low quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Grasshopper between 1992 and 2019, burning about 272 acres in total. 86 started naturally. 20 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	86
Arson/incendiarism	20
Debris and open burning	1
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
22 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	1.8 acres	Fort Apache Agency	NW V-42
22 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Fort Apache Agency	SE ROCK PT
14 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fort Apache Agency	O-ELEVEN FIRE
10 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fort Apache Agency	GRASSHOPPER TANK
1 September 2015	Natural	under an acre	Fort Apache Agency	ONE TANK
1 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fort Apache Agency	UPPER SAM TANK
8 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Fort Apache Agency	TURKEY
7 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Fort Apache Agency	OAK

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grasshopper: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, 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
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Oak Creek Iron Deposit	Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica	Occurrence
Marley-Grasshopper	Iron	Occurrence
Marley-Grasshopper Deposit	Iron	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Oak Creek Deposit	Iron	Occurrence	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Navajo 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
Cibecue Creek	6.9 miles	16
Cibecue	8.0 miles	16
Overgaard	22.1 miles	18
Heber	24.6 miles	18
Aripine	25.3 miles	17
Pinedale	25.7 miles	17
Clay Springs	26.6 miles	17
Linden	29.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24436. 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.