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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.

Meteor City within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

27 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBENNISON
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northern DistrictBEACON
5 August 1994Smoking1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLEUPP CORNER
17 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
16 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Meteor City-A well developed landspout tornado was reported along Interstate 40 near mile marker 235.
August 2015Heavy RainMeteor City-A thunderstorm produced around two inches of rain in an area west to north of Winslow.
August 2015Flash FloodMeteor City-Water was flowing over Indian Route 2 north of Winslow and State Route 99 at Mile Post 54 west of Winslow.
October 2005HailMeteor City-3/4 inch diameter hail fell in Meteor City.
April 2004HailMeteor City-A spotter at Meteor Crater reported 7/8 inch diameter hail.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMeteor City-A thunderstorm outflow caused a 60 MPH wind gust at the Meteor Crater visitor center.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMeteor City-The second severe thunderstorm of the day produced outflow winds measured at 81 mph by weather spotters at the Meteor Crater.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMeteor City-Thunderstorm outflow winds were measured at 77 mph by weather spotters at the Meteor Crater.
October 1998HailMeteor City-Snow plows were enlisted to remove the hail from Interstate 40.
September 1997Tornado (F0)Meteor City-National Weather Service employee witnessed a short-lived and weak tornado.
August 2001HailMeteor City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coconino 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
Dennison1.7 miles19
Leupp Corner4.3 miles19
Rimmy Jims5.2 miles22
Sunshine5.5 miles22
Moqui6.7 miles19
Two Guns8.5 miles22
LeChee10.6 miles19
Winslow West10.6 miles19

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28222580The 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.