Mule Crossing, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies near Bear Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Knoll Lake quadrangle.

Mule Crossing within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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.

1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1934 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:62500
1939 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1952 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Knoll Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1998 USGS Knoll Lake quadrangle1:24000
2004 USGS Knoll Lake quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

566 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 566 fires within 5 miles of Mule Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,030 acres in total. 195 started naturally. 4 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	321
Natural	195
Smoking	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Arson/incendiarism	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	BONITO
9 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	WINDY
8 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	SPAULDING
7 September 2017	Natural	32 acres	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	RIGHT
7 September 2017	Natural	5.0 acres	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	WHISKEY SPRINGS
6 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	34BRD#4
5 September 2017	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	RYKER
5 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest	HART

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Turkey Crossing	2.3 miles	26
Campo Bonito	2.8 miles	26
Wiggins Crossing	4.1 miles	17
Victorine Crossing	8.6 miles	16
Kinder Crossing	10.6 miles	16
Horse Crossing	11.1 miles	16
Macks Crossing	12.1 miles	16
Durfee Crossing	13.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32166. 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.