BlockHard Rocks, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Hopi census division. The Survey maps it on the Hard Rocks quadrangle. It stands 5,942 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1883 USGS Marsh Pass quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Marsh Pass quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hard Rocks quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Pinon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hard Rocks between 1996 and 2018, burning about 60 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Hopi Agency | COAL |
| 21 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ORAIBI 01 |
| 30 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Hopi Agency | COWBOY |
| 22 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | 351 |
| 19 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | W. PINON |
| 18 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hopi Agency | ORAIBI WASH |
| 18 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 41 acres | Hopi Agency | ORAIBI WASH II |
| 18 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Hopi Agency | FATHERS DAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo Gospel Mission | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pinon | 11.4 miles | 15 | |
| Wepo Village | 13.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mahtson-pi | 15.7 miles | 20 | |
| Bacavi | 15.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hotevilla | 16.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hotevilla-Bacavi | 16.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hano | 16.8 miles | 19 |
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 Hard Rocks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4957926 | 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 24449. 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.