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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.

Lake of the Woods within Navajo County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Lake 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,094
20203,648-446 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2018

Taken 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.

Rustic resort cabins along the Lake of the Woods in Pinetop-Lakeside, a popular, woodsy Navajo County summer resort and second-home area for residents of larger Arizona desert cities such as Phoenix
Rustic resort cabins along the Lake of the Woods in Pinetop-Lakeside, a popular, woodsy Navajo County summer resort and second-home area for residents of larger Arizona desert cities such as Phoenix
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

391 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined131
Natural128
Recreation and ceremony66
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3

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 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestTANK
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River AgencySATURDAY
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWALNUT
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTombstone Volunteer Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
6 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestSPRINGER MOUNTAIN
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWOOLHOUSE
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPANORAMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort Apache GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder OccurrenceVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Indian Pine No. 5 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Lakeside No. 1 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Lakeside No. 3 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer

Every working recorded in Navajo 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
Lakeside1.1 miles21
Pinetop-Lakeside2.1 miles21
Pinetop3.8 miles21
Sponseller5.9 miles21
Show Low6.6 miles16
Indian Pine7.3 miles22
Bell8.5 miles19
Roundy Crossing10.6 miles16

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 WoodsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2918871The 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.