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.
Population over time
2 figuresMoenkopi 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 964 | |
| 2020 | 771 | -193 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1886 USGS Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Moenkopi quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Tuba City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hopi Agency | BUTTERFLY |
| 4 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.4 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | DODSONPARK |
| 30 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Hopi Agency | PASTURE CANYON 2 |
| 15 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ETSITTYSPR |
| 26 August 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Hopi Agency | COTTON |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hopi Agency | TUUVI |
| 7 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | KERLY VLY1 |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hopi Agency | MOENKOPI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF3) | Moenkopi | $200,000 | A 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | A stream gauge reported a 1.6 foot rise on Moenkopi Wash. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | 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 2021 | Flood | Moenkopi | - | 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | Multiple reports from public and law enforcement of flooded roads in the Tuba City area. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Moenkopi | - | Highway 264 was washed out by a flash flood at mile marker 323 just southeast of Tuba City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuba City | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Rare Metals | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Moenave | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Willow Springs | 10.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hidden Springs Mission | 10.6 miles | 20 | |
| Coal Mine Mesa | 18.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cameron | 19.1 miles | 21 | |
| Tonalea | 20.0 miles | 16 |
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 Moenkopi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2276668 | 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 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.






