Parks, Arizona
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86018. The Survey maps it on the Parks quadrangle. 1,382 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,080 feet above sea level.
On record in Parks
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 4 records
- Abandoned Route 66, Parks (1921)listed 1989
- Abandoned Route 66, Parks (1931)listed 1989
- Rural Route 66, Brannigan Parklisted 1989
- Rural Route 66, Parkslisted 1989
Population over time
2 figuresParks grew from 1,188 to 1,382 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,188 | |
| 2020 | 1,382 | +194 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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 San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1899 USGS San Francisco Mtns quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:125000, 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 Parks quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
286 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Parks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,561 acres in total. 182 started naturally. 3 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 | 182 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BRANNIGAN |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | LABOR |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | GOVERNMENT |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | HILL |
| 30 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MOONSET |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SHERWOOD |
| 26 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | T.O. |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SPITZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Parks: 8 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Bellemont No. 5 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Bellemont No. 6 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Bellemont No. 7 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Garland Prairie No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parks in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 hail, 3 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Hail | Parks | $5,000 | A narrow strip of hail covered the pavement on Interstate 40 near mile post 180. Two cars lost control and slid off the road. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Parks | - | Public reported, via social media, hail in Parks up to the size of quarters. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Parks | - | Local Law Enforcement reported that the flash flooding left large rocks, trees, bushes, and debris on area roads. Public works was called out to clean up the mess. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Parks | - | About two inches of rain fell between 1810 and 1854 near the community of Parks. Rain gauge measured 3.31 inches of total rain during the day. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Parks | - | Quarter sized (1 inch diameter) was reported just south of the Parks Exit on I-40. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Parks | - | A trained spotter 7 miles northeast of Parks reported 4.14 inches of rain in 32 hours with flooding on a forest road near Government Mountain. Another spotter northwest of Parks reported 1.95 inches of rain in about the same time period. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Parks | - | Golf ball sized (1.75 inches in diameter) fell in Parks. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Parks | - | A thunderstorm produced heavy rain and hail in Parks. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Parks | - | Nickel sized (7/8 inch diameter) hail fell in and around Parks. The hail covered the ground like snow. A spotter reported 4 inches of hail on the ground. The wind was gusting to 30 MPH during this storm. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Parks | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Parks for about 10 minutes. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Parks | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail reported by the public and covering the ground to 7 inches deep. Dense fog developed as the hail melted reducing visibility to less than 1/4 mile. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Parks | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Parks | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Parks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 0.8 miles | 29 | |
| Chalender | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sherwood Forest Estates | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Bellemont | 6.3 miles | 31 | |
| Pine Tank | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Bootlegger Crossing | 8.9 miles | 22 | |
| Williams Junction | 10.0 miles | 24 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 10.8 miles | 27 |
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 Parks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1360223 | 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 32699. 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.












