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Linden, Arizona

16 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 85901. The Survey maps it on the Pinedale quadrangle. 2,760 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,280 feet above sea level.

Linden within Navajo County

Population over time

2 figures

Linden grew from 2,597 to 2,760 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
20102,597
20202,760+163 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Linden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,345 acres in total. 110 started naturally. 9 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
Natural110
Recreation and ceremony67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHOPPER
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTimber Mesa Fire and Medical District908072
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestCOLBATH WASH
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestLINE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestLAST NIGHT
30 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestLONE PINE
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHOMECOMING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Linden: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Apache CoalCoal, IronPast Producer
Turkey SpringsFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Linden Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Navajo County

Storms near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linden in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2010: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Heavy RainLinden-Heavy rain fell across central Navajo Country. Rainfall amounts include: 1.75 inches (15 miles south of Holbrook), 1.50 inches (north of Joseph City), and 0.93 inches (north of Snowflake).
July 2007FloodLinden-Flash flooding covered several roads with water about one mile south of Linden.
August 2001FloodLinden-Heavy rain, 1.88 inches in 30 minutes, caused several homes to flood, and roads to be closed, and 2-3 inches of water covered lawns in the Linden area.
July 2006HailLinden-no account filed

Every storm 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
Burton3.3 miles16
Roundy Crossing3.5 miles16
Pinedale5.2 miles17
Robinson Trail Crossing6.2 miles16
Show Low7.1 miles16
Schoens Crossing8.9 miles15
Clay Springs9.0 miles17
Shumway9.5 miles15

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 LindenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6552240The 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 31003. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.