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Moqui, 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. It stands on Tucker Flat Wash. The Survey maps it on the Tucker Mesa quadrangle.

Moqui 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 Moqui between 1993 and 2019, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined18
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLEUPPS
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBENNISON
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
20 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeWOODSY
8 July 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 July 2002Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLOOPY
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office344

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Moqui: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Acme CementGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Acme Cement PlasterGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Acme Cement Plaster CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Navajo Gypsum and Fertilizer CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Toltec Divide AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Winslow AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerGypsum

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moqui in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 4 flash 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
August 2025Flash FloodMoqui-A USGS stream gage on Jacks Canyon Creek (JCCA3) measured a 2.5 foot rise from heavy rain upstream. The rain happened on Sunday afternoon.
October 2025Flash FloodMoqui-A USGS stream gauge in Jacks Canyon (JCCA3) measured a 5.4 foot rise from widespread rainfall of 0.75 to 1.25 inches upstream. Peak flow was 699 cfs.
September 2021Flash FloodMoqui-Jacks Canyon Creek near Winslow rose 2.8 feet in 90 minutes from 2.2 feet to 5 feet at 945 AM.
August 2019Flash FloodMoqui-The Jacks Canyon River Gauge showed a 4.4 foot rise (780 CFS) at 538 PM.

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
Leupp Corner2.4 miles19
LeChee3.9 miles19
Winslow West3.9 miles19
Dennison5.0 miles19
Meteor City6.7 miles19
Rimmy Jims11.9 miles22
Sunshine12.2 miles22
Two Guns15.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25253. 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.