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Kachina Village, Arizona

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86005. It lies near Schoolhouse Draw. The Survey maps it on the Mountainaire quadrangle. 2,502 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,775 feet above sea level.

Kachina Village within Coconino County

Population over time

2 figures

Kachina Village fell from 2,622 to 2,502 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,622
20202,502-120 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

738 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 738 fires within 5 miles of Kachina Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,830 acres in total. 185 started naturally. 15 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
Recreation and ceremony283
Missing data/not specified/undetermined197
Natural185
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestWEE
9 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCoconino National ForestSUNDAY
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHighlands Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestPLANTATION
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestFAREWELL
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoconino National ForestSMOKEY
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kachina Village: 5 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AnitaLead, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Lava ClaimPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder PitsVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder Station Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Flagstaff West No. 1 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kachina Village in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Tornado (EF3)Kachina Village$400,000This tornado caused extensive forest damage (primarily south of Bellemont), along a discontinuous track which extended from 15 miles south of Bellemont, eventually crossing Hwy 180 northwest of Flagstaff. The path of this tornado was parallel to, and approximately 1 mile west of Tornado #2. Very wide, severe and complete forest damage occurred in the forest south of Bellemont. Tornado visually sighted by NWS staff at the Bellemont Weather Forecast Office.||Tornado passed 1/3 mile west of the NWS Bellemont Weather Forecast office. Additional damage stats include:|-28 rail cars derailed in Bellemont.|-Semi trucks and trailers were overturned on I-40.|-Power poles and numerous trees snapped on Camp Navajo. Some structures damaged.|-Numerous forest roads blocked and campers were stranded by fallen trees.
September 2023Heavy RainKachina Village-Heavy rain fell across Coconino County. Some of the 24 hour rainfall amounts include (in inches): Arizona Snowbowl: 2.92, Bright Angel Point North Rim: 1.14, Four Springs RAWS: 1.13, Mable Canyon: 0.74, Tusayan: 0.73, and Jacob Lake 0.71.
July 2021Flash FloodKachina Village-Heavy rain dislodged rocks that fell on Highway 89 between Flagstaff and Sedona (switchbacks near FR-237).
February 2019Flash FloodKachina Village-A report from social media indicated that Pumphouse Wash was flooding in Kachina Village. This flows into Oak Creek.
February 2019Flash FloodKachina Village-Oak Creek in Sedona rose over 9 feet. Evacuations took place in Sedona (Blackhawk Lane) due to water flowing over roadway.
October 2018Heavy RainKachina Village-Heavy rain dislodged boulders that fell on Highway 89A in Oak Creek Canyon near mile post 382 and 388 north of Sedona. The highway was closed until the mess could be cleaned up.
October 2018Flash FloodKachina Village-Pumphouse Wash crested at 2.92 feet above normal due to moderate daytime and heavy nighttime rain in and around Kachina Village. Pictures that were shared showed 6 to 10 inches of water flowing out of the wash and down a low-laying roadway.
December 2016FloodKachina Village-Heavy rain caused Oak Creek to flood. The lower end of Doodlebug Road was impassible. The gauge on Oak Creek at Sedona (Tlaquepaque) started to show an increase in flow just after midnight on the 21st. By 930 AM on th2 21st, the creek had risen 4 feet and some of the low water crossings were closed. The base flow is at 2.43 feet and 43 CFS. There were several crests as different drainages emptied into the main creek. The peak flow was 7.68 feet (4,330 CFS) at 545 AM MST on the 23rd. The crest moved down past the Cornville gauge at 1000 AM MST on the 23rd at 3,730 CFS.
October 2015Heavy RainKachina Village-One inch of rain fell in 35 minutes. Hail (1/4 inch diameter) almost covered the ground before the heavy rain started.
August 2013HailKachina Village-One inch diameter hail was reported in Kachina Village.
September 2012Heavy RainKachina Village-Very heavy rain fell along Oak Creek Canyon. Debris fell onto the road at the upper end of the canyon.
October 2010HailKachina Village-One inch diameter hail fell in Kachina Village.
August 2006Flash FloodKachina Village-Flooding was reported in the the south part of Kachina Village. Three driveways were washed out and impassable.

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
Mountainaire1.6 miles30
Fort Tuthill3.1 miles30
Cogdill Center6.7 miles30
Riordan7.0 miles30
Flagstaff7.3 miles30
East Flagstaff8.9 miles31
Munds Park10.8 miles23
Oak Creek Canyon11.0 miles21

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 Kachina VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q132192The 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 1866987. 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.