Marble Canyon, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kaibab Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86036. It lies near Five Mile Point. The Survey maps it on the Navajo Bridge quadrangle. It stands 3,573 feet above sea level.
On record in Marble Canyon
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 1 record
Lee's Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranchlisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 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 Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1954 USGS Lees Ferry quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Lees Ferry SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Glen Canyon Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Navajo Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Marble Canyon between 1993 and 2017, burning about 559 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | BRIDGE |
| 29 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | TRAILER |
| 15 July 2005 | Natural | 554 acres | Arizona Strip Field Office | MARBLE CYN |
| 4 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | LEES FERRY CAMPGROUND |
| 11 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | LEES FERRY |
| 29 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | KEATING |
| 28 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | TENMILE |
| 24 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | JESSOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Marble Canyon: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Bentonite, Quartz, Calcium, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Pequito Mine | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lees Ferry | Silica, Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | Replacement | |
| Lees Ferry Gold | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Lees Ferry Mercury | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Maggie-Baker Riley | Semiprecious Gemstone, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Sam Claims | Uranium, Calcium, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite | Occurrence | ||
| Snafu Claims | Quartz, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Echo Cliffs Clay | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Foot of Echo Cliffs Area Bentonite | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| El Pequito | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marble Canyon in 23 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 23 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | A USGS stream gauge at Lees Ferry (PLFA3) measured a 1.2 foot rise on the Paria River. Water would likely have been higher upstream closer to the heavier rainfall. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | A USGS river gauge on the Paria River near the confluence with the Colorado River (PLFA3) measured a 3.3 foot rise. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain over far northern Arizona and south-central Utah caused several spikes on the Paria River just before it joined the Colorado River upstream from The Grand Canyon. The water flow started to increase (from 4.98 feet) around 100 PM MST on August 13. There were three crests in the flow: 6.24 feet at 500 PM, 704 feet at 800 PM MST on August 13, and 7.66 feet at 300 AM MST on August 14. The flow returned to near normal at around 1100 PM on August 14. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms over southern Utah and far northern Arizona caused flash flooding in the Paria River. The river gauge on the Paria at Lees Ferry (Colorado River) showed a two foot rise between 415 PM and 645 PM. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms moving south over the Paria River basin (including in Utah) caused flash flooding. The river gauge on the Paria River near the Colorado River (Lees Ferry) measured a rise in water the level 4.8 feet at 8:15 PM MST to 6.6 feet at 11:00 PM. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | A river gauge on the Paria River near the Colorado River showed a 1.83 foot rise at 545 PM MST. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain in Utah caused a two foot rise on the Paria River just before it joined the Colorado River at Lees Ferry. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain in Utah caused a flash flood in the Paria River that drains into Arizona and the Colorado River near Lees Ferry. The river gauge near on the Paria River near the Colorado River peaked at 6.8 feet at 600 AM. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain over far south-central Utah and far north-central Arizona resulted in a flash flood through Paria Canyon. The river gauge near the Colorado River showed almost a 4 foot rise. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Flood waters in the Paria River reached the river gauge near the Colorado River at 0500 and rose 3.3 feet in 15 minutes. The flood waters likely traveled down this slot canyon from Utah through the early morning hours. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Monsoon moisture increasing from the south brought thunderstorms across northern Arizona. Heavy Rain in Utah produced flash flooding in the Paria River that flows into Arizona and the gauge near Lees Ferry rose from 4.4 feet to 6.3 feet at 4:30 AM MST. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | The Paria River gauge at Lees Ferry showed a 4 foot rise between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM MST. The Paria River drainage originates in Utah and flows into the Colorado River near Lees Ferry. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain over the Paria River drainage (in Arizona and Utah) caused the river gauge at Lees Ferry to rise 2.5 feet. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | The river gauge on the Paria River at Lees Ferry recorded at 2.9 foot rise at 430 PM. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | The Paria River Gauge at Lees Ferry showed a 3 foot rise at 645 AM. It is estimated that this flood crest entered Arizona (from thunderstorms in Utah) around 345 AM. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain in Utah caused a flash flood that flowed into Arizona in the Paria River. The gauge at Lees Ferry (Colorado River) reached a peak flow of 1,436 CFS at 430 AM MST in a normally drive river bed. The flood took several hours to travel from the Utah border to the gauge. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain over Utah caused flash flooding in Paria Canyon that flowed into Arizona. The River gauge on the Paria River (just before the confluence with the Colorado River near Lees Ferry) showed at 2 foot rise (6.16 foot stage). |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding in the Paria River. The USGS gauge on the Paria River near Lees Ferry rose over four feet to over 1500 CFS. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain in Utah created a flash flood that flowed through the Paria River from Utah to the Colorado River in Arizona. The stream gauge near the Colorado River indicated a two foot rise in the normally dry river bed. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain caused the Paria River at Lees Ferry to rise 4 feet. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | Heavy rain in Utah caused the Paria River to flash flood as it flowed south into Arizona and into the Colorado River. The Paria River was estimated to rise more than 2 feet at the Utah Arizona border in around 15 minutes. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | The observed rise in the Paria River gauge at Highway 89 (in Utah) was around 745 PM MST on August 4th. The crest reached the Lees Ferry gauge at around 415 AM on August 5th. Flash Flood levels in excess of 5 feet were estimated to have been in the Arizona section of the Paria River from 11 PM on August 4th through 7 AM on August 5th before entering the Colorado River. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Marble Canyon | - | A river gage in Paria Canyon measured a four foot rise in less than 30 minutes on the Paria River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair Crossing | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Page | 11.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bitter Springs | 12.9 miles | 23 | |
| Greenehaven | 13.0 miles | 26 | |
| Wahweap | 14.7 miles | 23 | |
| One Mile | 22.1 miles | 22 | |
| Jacob Lake | 31.5 miles | 26 | |
| Kaibito | 33.4 miles | 19 |
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 Marble Canyon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q258691 | 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 25252. 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.








