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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1883 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tucker Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEUPPS |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BENNISON |
| 3 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEUPP CORNER |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WOODSY |
| 8 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LOOPY |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 344 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | 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 | ||
| Acme Cement | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Acme Cement Plaster | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Acme Cement Plaster Company | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Navajo Gypsum and Fertilizer Company | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Toltec Divide Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Winslow Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Gypsum |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Moqui | - | 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Moqui | - | 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Moqui | - | Jacks Canyon Creek near Winslow rose 2.8 feet in 90 minutes from 2.2 feet to 5 feet at 945 AM. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Moqui | - | The Jacks Canyon River Gauge showed a 4.4 foot rise (780 CFS) at 538 PM. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leupp Corner | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| LeChee | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Winslow West | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dennison | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Meteor City | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Rimmy Jims | 11.9 miles | 22 | |
| Sunshine | 12.2 miles | 22 | |
| Two Guns | 15.2 miles | 22 |
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.








