BlockMilkwater, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87328. The Survey maps it on the Sonsela Buttes quadrangle. It stands 7,310 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1892 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sonsala Butte 4 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Sonsela Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sonsela Buttes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Milkwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 9200 RD-E |
| 30 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.2 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 9290-RD |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RA# 1405 |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CATTAIL |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 9280 RD |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 42 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SONSELASAD |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | W/C CORRAL |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ESONSELA3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Milkwater: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuska Mountain | Manganese | Prospect | 1953 | |
| Sonsela Butte Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Clay | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lower Wheatfields | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sawmill | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Upper Wheatfields | 11.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wheatfields | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sehili | 15.9 miles | 17 | |
| Del Muerto | 19.8 miles | 17 | |
| Nazlini | 20.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q18344979 | 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 25268. 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.