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Mishongnovi, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86043. It lies near Corn Rock. The Survey maps it on the Polacca quadrangle.

Mishongnovi within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

290 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Mishongnovi between 1994 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning195
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Fireworks9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking4
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
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyCOOCHYAMPTEWA
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHopi AgencyBOX FIRE
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHopi AgencyCOOP
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyHARVEY
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyTAKALA
26 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyPIT
22 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHopi AgencyMATRESS
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyCHILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mishongnovi: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Unidentified Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrence

Every working 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
Toreva0.2 miles19
Sipaulovi0.3 miles19
Second Mesa1.0 miles20
Old Shongopavi (historical)1.5 miles20
Shungopavi1.9 miles20
Walpi5.4 miles19
Sichomovi5.6 miles19
Hano5.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 8122. 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.