Mormon Lake, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86038. It lies near Fulton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mormon Lake quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,146 feet above sea level.
On record in Mormon Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Mormon Lake Lookout Cabinlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mormon Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
265 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Mormon Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38,532 acres in total. 178 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 178 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | ZUMA |
| 6 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | BURT |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mormon Lake Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | LAST |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | FUSE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PATCH |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mormon Lake Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | HOLLYWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mormon Lake: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, 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 Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Mormon Mtn. No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Sedge Spring Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mormon Lake in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Hail | Mormon Lake | - | A trained spotter reported 3/4 to one inch diameter hail covering the ground in Mormon Lake. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Mormon Lake | - | One half to three-quarter inch diameter hail covered the ground near Kinnikinick Lake. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Mormon Lake | - | One inch hail was reported in Forest Lakes (40 Miles southeast of Mormon Lake). |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mormon Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated in excess of 70 mph snapped cleanly numerous pine trees with 36 inch diameters and lengths up to 87 feet in the Gash Mountain area. The height of the breaks ranged from 2 feet to 30 feet AGL. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Mormon Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flood | Mormon Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tempe Camp | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Joseph Youth Camp | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pilgrim Playground | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rockledge | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Coyote Basin Ranch | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Allan Lake Landing | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Stoneman Lake | 9.1 miles | 22 |
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 Mormon Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28219919 | 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 32047. 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.







