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Jacob Lake, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Kaibab Plateau census division. It lies near Cooper Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Jacob Lake quadrangle. It stands 7,930 feet above sea level.

Jacob Lake within Coconino County

On record in Jacob Lake

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Jacob Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63,460 acres in total. 169 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
Natural169
Recreation and ceremony41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestCAN
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National ForestHILLSIDE
7 September 2014Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestHIDDEN
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestMO
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National ForestCAMPGROUND
5 September 2016Natural429 acresKaibab National ForestLABOR
5 September 2005Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestBUFFALO
5 September 1992Natural3.5 acresKaibab National ForestWILD

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jacob Lake: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Silver, Iron, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mackin GroupCopper, Iron, ManganesePast Producer
Petroskey GroupCopper, Manganese, Silver, IronPast Producer
Kaibab GroupCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1942, 1950
Mackin GroupCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1942
Petoskey GroupCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1903, 1963
KaibabCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacob Lake in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013LightningJacob Lake2 killed, 1 hurtLightning struck three people at LeFavre Scenic Overlook along Highway 89 about eight miles north of Jacobs Lake. Two people died and the third person sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
August 2025Flash FloodJacob Lake-Forest Service officials report flooding with ash laden water through House Rock Wash along Buffalo Ranch Road (Forest Road 8910). The road was impassable and blocked access for BAER team members performing work in the area. The White Sage burn scar was upstream from this location.
August 2010Flash FloodJacob Lake-The Bureau of Land Management reported flash flooding along House Rock Road--the road was river of water. Coyote Wash flooded over House Rock Road.
August 2010HailJacob Lake-Penny sized hail was reported in the Buckskin Gulch and Coyote Buttes areas.
June 2000Heavy RainJacob Lake-Heavy rain caused a mud slide in the same area where the Outlet Fire had burned. The slide caused several Forest Service roads to close.
June 2000Heavy RainJacob Lake-A weather spotter at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon reported water flowing across Highway 67 in the area of the Outlet Fire.
May 2000WildfireJacob Lake-The Outlet Fire began as a prescribed burn on April 25. On May 9, the fire was still within the planned enviromental conditions when it was declared a wildland fire. This was done in order to begin fire suppression efforts because of high wind predicted on May 10. High wind on May 10 forced the fire out of project bounderies about 30 miles south of Jacob Lake. This caused the closure of Highway 67 from Jacob Lake southward and the evacuation of the developed area at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Highway 67 to the North Rim was reopened on May 21. The fire was declaired 100% contained the evening of May 21. In all, 13,350 acers burned, over 1,200 fire personel were invovled, and nearly 35 miles of hand line were constructed around the fire. The fire fell over the canyon rim in some areas and was suppressed with aircraft where terrain was too rugged for crews to operate safely. The fire continued to burn inside fire lines long after containment. On June 4, strong wind pushed the fire off the canyon rim. This fire then burned back up onto the canyon rim and burned an additional 500 acres outside the fire lines. This part of the fire was contained again on June 5.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Jacob Lake-Three NWS employees observed this weak tornado on the Kaibab Plateau.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindJacob Lake-no account filed
June 2000WildfireJacob Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coconino County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ryan7.3 miles22
Big Springs10.5 miles22
One Mile10.7 miles22
Fredonia23.0 miles22
Bitter Springs30.4 miles23
Marble Canyon31.5 miles25
Chair Crossing34.7 miles25
North Rim35.7 miles39

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 Jacob LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6118905The 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 6336. 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.