Lake of the Woods, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85929. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lakeside quadrangle. 3,648 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,785 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake of the Woods
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Quinn Cabinlisted 2026 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresLake of the Woods fell from 4,094 to 3,648 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,094 | |
| 2020 | 3,648 | -446 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS McNary quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2018Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
391 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Lake of the Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 128 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 131 |
| Natural | 128 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 66 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | TANK |
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | SATURDAY |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WALNUT |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tombstone Volunteer Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | SPRINGER MOUNTAIN |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WOOLHOUSE |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | PANORAMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lake of the Woods: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Apache Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Gypsum | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Occurrence | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Indian Pine No. 5 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeside No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeside No. 3 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pinetop | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sponseller | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Show Low | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Indian Pine | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Bell | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Roundy Crossing | 10.6 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 Lake of the Woods | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2918871 | 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 30843. 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.










