Oraibi, 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 86039. It lies near Patangvostuyqa. The Survey maps it on the Hotevilla quadrangle. It stands 5,679 feet above sea level.
On record in Oraibi
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 1 record
Old OraibiNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1883 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Oraibi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Hotevilla quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
314 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Oraibi between 1994 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 19 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 burning | 201 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | KYKOTSMOVI I |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | PEACH |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | FRED |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | LAWARENCE |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | YOYO FIRE |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hopi Agency | RT 15 |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | SPRING |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | TAYLOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oraibi in 2 storm reports in 1996: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kykotsmovi Village | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kykotsmovi | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Mumurva | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Huk Ovi | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Pivahn-hon-kya-pi | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bacavi | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Aponi-vi | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hotevilla | 3.9 miles | 20 |
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 Oraibi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1130161 | 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 45584. 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.









