Mountainaire, Arizona
30 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 86005. It lies near Schoolhouse Draw. The Survey maps it on the Mountainaire quadrangle. 1,068 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,801 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMountainaire fell from 1,119 to 1,068 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 | 1,119 | |
| 2020 | 1,068 | -51 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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
- 1908 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:125000, 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
- 1962 USGS Mountainaire quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
751 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 751 fires within 5 miles of Mountainaire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,252 acres in total. 194 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 286 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 195 |
| Natural | 194 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 153761 |
| 9 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | WEE |
| 9 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SUNDAY |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Highlands Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PLANTATION |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | FAREWELL |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Coconino National Forest | HAPPY |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SMOKEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mountainaire: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Volcanic Materials, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Lead, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Station Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountainaire in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Mountainaire | - | Oak Creek in Sedona rose 7 feet between 615 AM and 830 AM. Numerous low water crossings in Oak Creek Canyon were flooded. The creek dropped below bank full by 700 PM on February 4 in Sedona. The river gauge at Page Springs rose 9 feet between noon and 230 PM. At the peak of the flooding at the Page Springs RV Park, a foot of water was flowing through the park. at the peak of the flooding. One large treek and several small trees came down. Red mud was deposited throughout the RV park. The water continued to flow downstream from Sedona into the Verde River where it was no longer a flood issue. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Mountainaire | - | One inch diameter hail fell about two miles south of Mountainaire with heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kachina Village | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| Fort Tuthill | 4.2 miles | 30 | |
| Cogdill Center | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Flagstaff | 7.8 miles | 30 | |
| Riordan | 8.3 miles | 30 | |
| East Flagstaff | 9.1 miles | 31 | |
| Munds Park | 9.7 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Creek Canyon | 10.8 miles | 21 |
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 Mountainaire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2034673 | 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 32083. 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.












