North Rim, Arizona
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Kaibab Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86052. It lies near Harvey Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Bright Angel Point quadrangle. It stands 8,297 feet above sea level.
On record in North Rim
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Grand Canyon LodgeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Grand Canyon Inn and Campgroundlisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
Grand Canyon North Rim Headquarterslisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 39 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 Kaibab quadrangle1:250000, 9 printings
- 1903 USGS Bright Angel quadrangle1:48000, 4 printings
- 1906 USGS Bright Angel quadrangle1:48000, 9 printings
- 1953 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bright Angel quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Bright Angel quadrangle1:48000
- 1984 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Bright Angel Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of North Rim between 1992 and 2019, burning about 47,089 acres in total. 128 started naturally. None was 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 | 128 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 | Grand Canyon National Park | JIM |
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | HADES |
| 9 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | THOMPSON |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 81 acres | Grand Canyon National Park | REDTAIL |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | MANZANITA |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | UNCLE JIM |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | UNCLE JIM2 |
| 26 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Canyon National Park | DYNAMITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Rim: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Rim in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | North Rim | 1 killed, 4 hurt | A flash flood rushed down the Tatahatso Wash/Slot Canyon into the Colorado River (38 miles down stream from Lees Ferry). A commercial river trip with 30 people and two large raft had set up camp at the mouth of the wash for the night. The flash flood washed away the camp. Four people were injured and one person died. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | North Rim | - | The National Park Service and USGS provided pictures and USGS stream gage data of a flash flood event that occurred in North Canyon Wash. The stream gage showed a peak rise of 1.1 feet at 8:55 PM on September 4th, followed by a second peak rise of 0.8 feet at 2:55 AM on September 5th. The pictures indicated higher flows of water mixed with debris and fire ash from its source in the Dragon Bravo Burn Scar area. |
| August 2021 | Hail | North Rim | - | Golf ball sized hail (1.75 inches diameter) was reported near the entrance to the North Rim of The Grand Canyon National Park. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | North Rim | - | A Grand Canyon National Park ranger reported flash flooding on the road toward Tuweep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Encantada | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Grand Canyon | 11.5 miles | 39 | |
| Coconino | 16.6 miles | 19 | |
| Tusayan | 16.7 miles | 19 | |
| Apex | 19.6 miles | 19 | |
| Woodin | 27.0 miles | 18 | |
| Big Springs | 31.0 miles | 22 | |
| Willaha | 32.8 miles | 18 |
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 North Rim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7056497 | 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 8757. 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.










