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Pilgrim Playground, Arizona

17 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 86038. It sits by Bass Point. The Survey maps it on the Mormon Lake quadrangle.

Pilgrim Playground within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Pilgrim Playground between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,522 acres in total. 178 started naturally. 6 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
Natural178
Recreation and ceremony54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoconino National ForestDINNER
7 September 1999Other causesunder an acreCoconino National ForestZUMA
6 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestBURT
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMormon Lake Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLAST
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestFUSE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestPATCH
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMormon Lake Fire DistrictNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pilgrim Playground: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Mormon Mtn. No. 1 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino 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
Rockledge0.7 miles17
Saint Joseph Youth Camp1.3 miles17
Mormon Lake3.8 miles17
Lakeview4.1 miles17
Tempe Camp4.3 miles17
Munds Park8.5 miles23
Coyote Basin Ranch8.7 miles17
Allan Lake Landing9.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32899. 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.