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Mumurva, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86030. It lies near Oraibi Butte. The Survey maps it on the Hotevilla quadrangle.

Mumurva within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

276 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Mumurva between 1994 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning175
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony12
Fireworks9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Other causes7

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyKYKOTSMOVI I
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyPEACH
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyFRED
4 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyLAWARENCE
28 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresHopi AgencyRT 15
27 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencySPRING
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyTAYLOR
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHopi AgencyERICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Huk Ovi0.5 miles20
Pivahn-hon-kya-pi0.7 miles20
Aponi-vi1.3 miles20
Oraibi2.6 miles20
Hotevilla3.1 miles20
Hotevilla-Bacavi3.1 miles20
Bacavi3.2 miles20
Kykotsmovi Village3.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 45583. 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.