Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona
21 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 86336. The Survey maps it on the Wilson Mountain quadrangle.
On record in Oak Creek Canyon
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pendley Homestead Historic Districtlisted 1991 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1923 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wilson Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
270 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,751 acres in total. 167 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 167 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | GRACE |
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SAUCER |
| 6 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | CRAZY |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PILE |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | FERNOW |
| 29 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | TRANSFER |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | THOMPSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Creek Canyon in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Hail | Oak Creek Canyon | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Gardens | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Sedona | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Munds Park | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Creek Mobilodge | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Mountainaire | 10.8 miles | 30 | |
| Kachina Village | 11.0 miles | 30 | |
| Saint Joseph Youth Camp | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fort Tuthill | 14.0 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805224. 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.
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.










