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Overgaard, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85933. It lies near Oklahoma Flat. The Survey maps it on the Heber quadrangle. It stands 6,604 feet above sea level.

Overgaard within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2018

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.

The colorful Tin Pan Alley antiques store in tiny Heber-Overgaard in Navajo County, Arizona
The colorful Tin Pan Alley antiques store in tiny Heber-Overgaard in Navajo County, Arizona
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Overgaard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,532 acres in total. 141 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
Natural141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Recreation and ceremony39
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBUCKSKIN
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBUCKSKIN
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHeber-Overgaard Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2011Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestDRAW
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestSTERMER
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHESS
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110197
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110196

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Overgaard: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 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
Buckskin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand & Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Navajo County

Storms near this place

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Overgaard in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2003: 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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
August 2003Flash FloodOvergaard-Flooding was reported in the southern part of Overgaard. Water was also flowing over Highway 260 between Overgaard and Clay Springs.
July 2001HailOvergaard-A thunderstorm produced three-quarter inch hail and street flooding as it passed through Overgaard.
July 2001FloodOvergaard-A weather spotter in Overgaard reported 3.95 inches of rain between 400 PM and 515 PM and extensive street flooding.
August 2000Heavy RainOvergaard-no account filed

Every storm 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
Heber3.5 miles18
Aripine6.6 miles17
Clay Springs13.8 miles17
Zeniff15.9 miles15
Pinedale17.0 miles17
Cibecue Creek20.5 miles16
Burton21.9 miles16
Grasshopper22.1 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122571519The 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 32586. 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.