Mountain View Ranches, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86004. It lies near Wildcat Canyon.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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 San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1899 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 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 Winona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
568 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 568 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View Ranches between 1992 and 2020, burning about 708 acres in total. 225 started naturally. 15 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 | 225 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 157 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | BOTTOMLESS |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | WILD |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northern District | TURKEY |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SUN BEAM |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Coconino National Forest | RANCH |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | STRIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View Ranches: 9 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Limestone, General, 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 | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Red Hill Pit | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Wildcat Hill Pit | Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Cinders | |
| Winona No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Baker Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Darling Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Producer | ||
| Flagstaff East No. 5 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Red Hill Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Sheep Hill | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Sheep Pit | Volcanic Materials | Producer | Cinders |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosnino | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Winona | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Elden Pueblo | 4.6 miles | 31 | |
| Darling | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| East Flagstaff | 7.2 miles | 31 | |
| Cogdill Center | 9.3 miles | 30 | |
| Flagstaff | 9.4 miles | 30 | |
| Angell | 9.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805222. 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.










