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Munds Park, Arizona

23 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 86017. It stands on Munds Park. The Survey maps it on the Munds Park quadrangle. 1,096 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,591 feet above sea level.

Munds Park within Coconino County

Population over time

2 figures

Munds Park grew from 631 to 1,096 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.

YearPeople Change
2010631
20201,096+465 (+74%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

383 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Munds Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,209 acres in total. 211 started naturally. 8 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
Natural211
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Recreation and ceremony66
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoconino National ForestPINEWOOD
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestMASON
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresCoconino National ForestCASNER
6 September 2016Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestCRAZY
6 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestPILE
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoconino National ForestWOLF
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestODELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Munds Park: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munds Park in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 6 hail, 5 heavy rain, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011HailMunds Park$5,000Quarter sized (1 inch diameter) hail covered the ground 1 mile south of Schnebly Hill Road Exit on I-17.
June 2024Heavy RainMunds Park-A thunderstorm produce 1.42 inches of rain in about an hour near Munds Park.
August 2024Flash FloodMunds Park-A USGS river gauge on Oak Creek in Sedana measured a two foot rise in 15 minutes from heavy rain near Munds Park.
March 2023FloodMunds Park-Oak Creek began flooding in Oak Creek Canyon around 700 AM on March 15. The road was closed near Orchard Canyon Lodge and Banjo Bill Campground. There was 3 feet of water above the road at a stage of 5.22 feet at the Sedona gauge. Cooper Cliffs Road was closed by 1100 AM MST due to the flooding. Doodlebug and New Castle Lane were close at around 200 AM on March 16. The creek remained above this level for just over 3 days. The peak flow as about 10.5 feet at 800 AM MST on March 16.||The Oak Creek gauge near Cornville (OACA3) showed more than a 7.5-foot rise from 5.2 feet at 1PM March 15 to a crest of 12.76 feet at 115 AM on March 16. The gauge dropped back to around 5.2 feet by 1000 AM March 17. ||The Sedona Police Department reported that evacuations were made along Oak Creek from the evening of March 15 through the morning of March 16. The locations that were evacuated include Rancho Sedona RV Park, Trails End Road, Trails End Lane, Blackhawk Lane, Newcastle Lane, Oak Creek Mobilelodge, Sycamore Road, The Center of the New Age, and the Villas at Poco Diablo Resort. ||A rock slide closed Highway 89 through the upper part of Oak Creek Canyon (switchbacks) about 3 miles north of Slide Rock State Park around 323 PM on March 16.
August 2021Flash FloodMunds Park-The water was flowing 4.85 feet deep (normally dry) in Munds Canyon under Interstate 17 and about 25 feet wide. The estimated flow was 900 CFS.
August 2021HailMunds Park-A picture of one inch (estimated) hail was posted on social media from the Munds Park area.
December 2021Heavy RainMunds Park-Heavy rain fell across Coconino County before turning to snow across the higher elevations. Amounts ranged from around an inch at the Grand Canyon to over 2.50 inches at Munds Park and Mormon Lake.
October 2018Flash FloodMunds Park-The Oak Creek river gauge in Sedona recorded a crest of 7.24 feet at 145 AM MST due to heavy rain between there and Flagstaff. This crest is about 4.9 feet above the average normal flow at that location.
October 2018Flash FloodMunds Park-The river gauge on Oak Creek just upstream from West Fork recorded a crest of 3.64 feet at 1050 PM due to moderate to heavy rain. This is about 3 feet higher than the normal flow.
February 2017Heavy RainMunds Park-Heavy rain fell in and around Oak Creek Canyon while heavy snow was falling at higher elevations. The RAWS in Oak Creek Canyon reported 3.35 inches of rain in just 24 hours. This lead to a mudslide across Highway 89.
July 2017Flash FloodMunds Park-Law enforcement reported boulders on Highway 89A with flooded roadways in Oak Creek Canyon.
February 2017Flash FloodMunds Park-Heavy rain on the steep western walls of Oak Creek Canyon caused a flash flood with mud, debris, and rocks. This flow covered Highway 89A at mile post 379. The guard rain and mile post sign were washed away. A snowplow was called to clear the road.
October 2015Heavy RainMunds Park-A remote rain gauge recorded 1.14 inches of rain.
August 2013Flash FloodMunds Park-Heavy rain fell over the Brins Fire scar (2006) in Oak Creek Canyon. This caused a flash flood and rock slide that blocked Highway 89A near mile post 378.
September 2011HailMunds Park-An off duty NWS Employee reported 1 inch diameter hail in Munds Park.
October 2010HailMunds Park-One inch diameter hail covered the ground in Munds Park.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Munds Park-Munds Park / Cosnino tornado (12:05 - 12:20 PM): This tornado was seen crossing Interstate 17 moving northbound.
December 2007Heavy RainMunds Park-Heavy rain fell across southern Coconino County from December 7th though the 11th. The snow level gradually lowered with the first part of the storm. The second half of the storm brought rapidly lowering snow levels. Rain and melted snow amounts ranged from around 2 inches in Flagstaff and Sunset Crater to around 4 inches in Munds Park.
June 2005HailMunds Park-A public report of 3/4 inch diameter hail was received from about 6 miles northwest of Munds Park.
August 2000HailMunds Park-3/4 inch hail was reported in Munds Park
September 2002FloodMunds Park-no account filed
September 1999FloodMunds Park-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Indian Gardens5.1 miles23
Oak Creek Canyon6.0 miles21
Saint Joseph Youth Camp7.8 miles17
Sedona8.3 miles21
Pilgrim Playground8.5 miles17
Rockledge9.1 miles17
Oak Creek Mobilodge9.3 miles21
Mormon Lake9.7 miles17

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 Munds ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q176521The 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 32193. 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.