Meteor City, 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 SW quadrangle. It stands 5,033 feet above sea level.
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 SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Meteor City between 1993 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. None 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BENNISON |
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northern District | BEACON |
| 5 August 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEUPP CORNER |
| 17 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 16 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meteor City in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Meteor City | - | A well developed landspout tornado was reported along Interstate 40 near mile marker 235. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Meteor City | - | A thunderstorm produced around two inches of rain in an area west to north of Winslow. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Meteor City | - | Water was flowing over Indian Route 2 north of Winslow and State Route 99 at Mile Post 54 west of Winslow. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Meteor City | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail fell in Meteor City. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Meteor City | - | A spotter at Meteor Crater reported 7/8 inch diameter hail. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meteor City | - | A thunderstorm outflow caused a 60 MPH wind gust at the Meteor Crater visitor center. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meteor City | - | The second severe thunderstorm of the day produced outflow winds measured at 81 mph by weather spotters at the Meteor Crater. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meteor City | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds were measured at 77 mph by weather spotters at the Meteor Crater. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Meteor City | - | Snow plows were enlisted to remove the hail from Interstate 40. |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Meteor City | - | National Weather Service employee witnessed a short-lived and weak tornado. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Meteor City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennison | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Leupp Corner | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Rimmy Jims | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Sunshine | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Moqui | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Two Guns | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| LeChee | 10.6 miles | 19 | |
| Winslow West | 10.6 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 Meteor City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222580 | 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 24515. 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.
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.








