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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hawley Lake West quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Hawley Lake West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 179 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | WALTON SPG |
| 2 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | DIAMONDCRK |
| 12 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | WOOLSEY |
| 12 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | WOOLSEY LK |
| 11 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | BEAVER DAM |
| 1 September 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Fort Apache Agency | DEEP/SO. |
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | FIRE BOX |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | COVER LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawley Lake | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| McNary | 11.7 miles | 23 | |
| Los Burros | 15.5 miles | 21 | |
| Maverick | 17.0 miles | 10 | |
| Greer | 17.9 miles | 18 | |
| Northwoods | 18.5 miles | 18 | |
| Crosby Crossing | 22.7 miles | 15 | |
| Vernon | 23.9 miles | 19 |
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.






