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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Heber quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Show Low quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Heber quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Heber quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2018Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 141 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BUCKSKIN |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BUCKSKIN |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Heber-Overgaard Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | DRAW |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | STERMER |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | HESS |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110197 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110196 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckskin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Overgaard | - | Flooding was reported in the southern part of Overgaard. Water was also flowing over Highway 260 between Overgaard and Clay Springs. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Overgaard | - | A thunderstorm produced three-quarter inch hail and street flooding as it passed through Overgaard. |
| July 2001 | Flood | Overgaard | - | A weather spotter in Overgaard reported 3.95 inches of rain between 400 PM and 515 PM and extensive street flooding. |
| August 2000 | Heavy Rain | Overgaard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heber | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Aripine | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Clay Springs | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Zeniff | 15.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pinedale | 17.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cibecue Creek | 20.5 miles | 16 | |
| Burton | 21.9 miles | 16 | |
| Grasshopper | 22.1 miles | 16 |
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 Q122571519 | 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 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.









