BlockHunters Point, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86511. It lies near Black Creek Valley. The Survey maps it on the Hunters Point quadrangle. It stands 6,699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hunters Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ganado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hunters Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 28 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 | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SW EL PASO |
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TSENOTAH |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HUNTERS POINT 2 |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S. EL PASO |
| 16 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HUNTERSPT1 |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CLENEGA |
| 15 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | OAK RIDGE2 |
| 13 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HUNTERS POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hunters Point: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hunters Point | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Past Producer | Granite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Springs | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Michaels | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Window Rock | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bonita Trading Post | 13.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Springs | 13.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lupton | 13.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Defiance | 13.7 miles | 18 | |
| Allentown | 17.9 miles | 15 |
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 Hunters Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4961101 | 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 25266. 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.