Indian Pine, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Fort Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85935. It lies near Cooley Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Pine quadrangle. It stands 7,175 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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 St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS McNary quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Indian Pine quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Indian Pine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Indian Pine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
391 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Indian Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 391 acres in total. 132 started naturally. 40 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 | 132 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | SATURDAY |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WALNUT |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | LARGO MTN |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Fort Apache Agency | B-37 |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Fort Apache Agency | COOLEY MTN. |
| 26 September 1995 | Smoking | 6.5 acres | Fort Apache Agency | COOLEY |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | SMOKE SHOP |
| 20 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | COOLEY MTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Indian Pine: 8 unknowns, 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 Occurrence | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Indian Pine No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Pine in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Hail | Indian Pine | - | One and a half inch diameter hail fell just west of McNary. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Indian Pine | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter sized (1 inch in diameter) hail with very heavy rain. Some stones were larger. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Indian Pine | - | A thunderstorm produced 1.67 inches of rain in one hour just north of McNary. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinetop | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeside | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Sponseller | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Bell | 13.3 miles | 19 | |
| Show Low | 13.7 miles | 16 | |
| Whiteriver | 17.1 miles | 11 |
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 Indian Pine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222318 | 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 30351. 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.










