Happy Jack, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86024. It lies near Mule Park. The Survey maps it on the Happy Jack quadrangle. It stands 7,493 feet above sea level.
On record in Happy Jack
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 1 record
- Lee Butte Lookout Tower and Cabinlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Happy Jack quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
298 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Happy Jack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,632 acres in total. 201 started naturally. 12 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 | 201 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | HUTCH |
| 7 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | UPPER |
| 6 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | JACKS |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | LABOR |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | BARGAMAN |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Coconino National Forest | PINEY |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | OWL |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | BOTTLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Happy Jack: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Happy Jack No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Happy Jack No. 2 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Happy Jack No. 3 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Happy Jack in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2013: 6 hail, 4 wildfire, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Wildfire | Happy Jack | $50,000 | The clover fire near Happy Jack , AZ burned approximately 150 acres in ponderosa pine. A fire truck was engulfed in flames and lost during the fire fighting effort. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Happy Jack | - | One inch of rain fell in 45 minutes near Hutch Mountain. |
| September 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Happy Jack | - | A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud about 6 miles east of Mormon Lake. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Happy Jack | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Happy Jack. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Happy Jack | - | A spotter reported one inch diameter hail 10 miles north of Blue Ridge Reservoir. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Happy Jack | - | Seventy-five to one hundred tress (two to three feet in diameter) in the Blue Ridge area were uprooted or broken off by thunderstorm wind. Two homes also recieved minor roof damage. The wind is thought to be the result of a rear flank downdraft. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Happy Jack | - | Weather spotters in Blue Ridge measured hail one inch in diameter. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Happy Jack | - | Weather spotters reported 1.25 inch diameter hail at Buckskin Wash, near Forest Lakes. |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Happy Jack | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Happy Jack | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Wildfire | Happy Jack | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Happy Jack | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Happy Jack | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Happy Jack | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Lake Landing | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Stoneman Lake | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Coyote Basin Ranch | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lost Eden | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Tempe Camp | 11.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeview | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mormon Lake | 11.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wingfield | 13.1 miles | 16 |
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 Happy Jack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14680375 | 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 29736. 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.







