BlockKinlichee, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86511. It stands on Sage House Wash. The Survey maps it on the Red Clay Wash quadrangle. It stands 6,660 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nazlini quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Zith-Tusayan Butte 2 SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Red Clay Wash quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ganado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Kinlichee between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,674 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 August 1996 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BEARCANYON |
| 26 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRINGS 1 |
| 24 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BLACKSOIL 1 |
| 15 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | KINLICHEE2 |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRG 6 |
| 6 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CROSSCYNTP |
| 5 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRINGS |
| 5 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 90500N |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kinlichee: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Springs | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Woodspring Trading Post | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Ganado | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Nazlini | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Burnside | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cornfields | 15.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sawmill | 17.1 miles | 19 | |
| Klagetoh | 18.4 miles | 16 |
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 Kinlichee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4958078 | 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 25267. 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.