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Kinney Junction, Arizona

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Apache census division. It stands on Walton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hawley Lake West quadrangle.

Kinney Junction within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Kinney Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 121 acres in total. 179 started naturally. 5 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
Natural179
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
25 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyWALTON SPG
2 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyDIAMONDCRK
12 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyWOOLSEY
12 September 1998Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyWOOLSEY LK
11 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyBEAVER DAM
1 September 2001Natural2.5 acresFort Apache AgencyDEEP/SO.
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyFIRE BOX
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFort Apache AgencyCOVER LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache 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
Hawley Lake4.8 miles10
McNary11.7 miles23
Los Burros15.5 miles21
Maverick17.0 miles10
Greer17.9 miles18
Northwoods18.5 miles18
Crosby Crossing22.7 miles15
Vernon23.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24479. 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.