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Jones Crossing, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86024. It lies near McCarty Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Long Valley quadrangle.

Jones Crossing within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

488 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 488 fires within 5 miles of Jones Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,302 acres in total. 370 started naturally. 3 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
Natural370
Recreation and ceremony77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestBLAZED
9 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBRONX
8 September 2008Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestCOOKIE
7 September 2008Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBABY
6 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLJ
6 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named
5 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named
4 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestMAC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jones Crossing: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Denison GroupManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Hough ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Last Chance MineManganesePast Producer
Lost Apache ClaimManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane
Lost Apache ClaimManganesePast Producer1952
Shoup GroupManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Star ClaimManganeseProspect

Every working 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
Clints Well2.3 miles16
Long Valley2.5 miles16
Wingfield3.1 miles16
Little Spring5.6 miles16
Lost Eden7.1 miles16
Kinder Crossing7.9 miles16
Horse Crossing9.0 miles16
Blue Ridge11.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 30602. 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.