Indian Wells, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Indian Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86031. The Survey maps it on the Indian Wells quadrangle. 255 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 5,801 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Indian Wells quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Indian Wells between 2007 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | E GRAY MESA |
| 31 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | INDIAN WELLS 1 |
| 3 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Hopi Agency | TSOSIE |
| 3 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RT 15 MM70 |
| 7 March 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WHITECONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Indian Wells: 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Uranium, Calcium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidahochi Butte Ash Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Bidahochi Butte Deposit | Pumice, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hopi Buttes Area | Calcium, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bidahochi Butte Occurence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hoskietso Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Sun No. 14 Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Sun No14 Claim | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Wells in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Indian Wells | - | Received social media video of a distant vortex or landspout tornado. It formed along intersecting outflow boundaries. Inconclusive whether the rotating column extended to the base of the cloud. Exact duration unknown but likely very short lived. Damage unknown but likely none to minimal as it was out in open desert. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bidahochi | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Na Ah Tee | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Twin Buttes | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dilkon | 12.6 miles | 20 | |
| White Cone | 13.8 miles | 19 | |
| Greasewood | 14.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Springs | 15.1 miles | 20 | |
| Castle Butte | 15.6 miles | 18 |
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 Wells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5261119 | 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 24470. 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.








