LeChee, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86047. The Survey maps it on the Tucker Mesa quadrangle. 1,236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,409 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLeChee fell from 1,443 to 1,236 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 | 1,443 | |
| 2020 | 1,236 | -207 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1883 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tucker Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of LeChee between 1993 and 2019, burning about 54 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 13 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEUPPS |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Coconino National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WOODSY |
| 8 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LOOPY |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 344 |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winslow Fire Department | 18-0198 |
| 21 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CORNHUSKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of LeChee: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Acme Cement | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Acme Cement Plaster | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Acme Cement Plaster Company | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Navajo Gypsum and Fertilizer Company | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Toltec Divide Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Winslow Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Gypsum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow West | 0.0 miles | 19 | |
| Moqui | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Leupp Corner | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Dennison | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Meteor City | 10.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rimmy Jims | 15.7 miles | 22 | |
| Sunshine | 16.1 miles | 22 | |
| Two Guns | 19.0 miles | 22 |
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 LeChee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q49356662 | 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 1853161. 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.








