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Moenkopi, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Tuba City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86045. The Survey maps it on the Moenkopi quadrangle. 771 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,777 feet above sea level.

Moenkopi within Coconino County

Population over time

2 figures

Moenkopi fell from 964 to 771 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010964
2020771-193 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Moenkopi between 1994 and 2020, burning about 384 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning26
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHopi AgencyBUTTERFLY
4 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.4 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementDODSONPARK
30 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresHopi AgencyPASTURE CANYON 2
15 September 1994Debris and open burning1.4 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementETSITTYSPR
26 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresHopi AgencyCOTTON
7 July 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresHopi AgencyTUUVI
7 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementKERLY VLY1
4 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHopi AgencyMOENKOPI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moenkopi: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moenkopi in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Tornado (EF3)Moenkopi$200,000A tornado collapsed three 500 KV electrical transmission towers. The towers were of metal truss construction. One tower was completely flattened. Photographic evidence and first-hand reports were provided by Arizona Public Service. Tornado damage intensity is rated at EF-3. Damage path length indeterminable.
October 2025Flash FloodMoenkopi-A USGS stream gage on the Moenkopi Wash (MOEA3) measured an 8 foot rise in 3 hours, from 18.69 to 26.74 ft. This would put the Moenkopi Wash into moderate flood stage. The flow increased from 13 to 2860 cfs in that time period. The Moenkopi Wash would further rise into major flood stage, cresting at a stage of 28.81 ft and 4867 cfs between 6:45 pm and 7:30 pm before beginning to recede.
July 2022Flash FloodMoenkopi-A stream gauge reported a 1.6 foot rise on Moenkopi Wash.
August 2022Flash FloodMoenkopi-Flooding was reported in farmland and along roads near the Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City. This wash flows west then south to the Little Colorado River.
July 2021FloodMoenkopi-There was a 9.7 foot rise on the Moenkopi River gauge near Tuba City starting at 1500 on 7/29/21 and peaking at 0445 on 7/30/21.
September 2021Flash FloodMoenkopi-The stream gauge on Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City rose from 17.6 feet to 20.8 feet in less than half an hour at 430 PM on 1 September. The gauge went down to 18.4 feet then rose again to 23.7 feet in less than half an hour at 900 PM on 1 September. The water rose a third time to 22 feet in less than half a hour at 3:00 AM on 2 September. The water receded below 18 feet by 800 AM on 2 September.
August 2019Flash FloodMoenkopi-Multiple reports from public and law enforcement of flooded roads in the Tuba City area.
August 2015Flash FloodMoenkopi-The river gauge on the Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City jumped from near zero to 6,900 CFS in under 30 minutes. NWS personnel confirmed that the water was encouraging homes in the community of Moenkopi.
September 2012Flash FloodMoenkopi-Highway 264 was washed out by a flash flood at mile marker 323 just southeast of Tuba City.

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
Tuba City1.9 miles19
Rare Metals5.3 miles19
Moenave6.4 miles19
Willow Springs10.6 miles20
Hidden Springs Mission10.6 miles20
Coal Mine Mesa18.3 miles18
Cameron19.1 miles21
Tonalea20.0 miles16

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 MoenkopiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2276668The 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 8159. 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.