BlockPine Springs, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86506. The Survey maps it on the Pine Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Pine Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Pine Springs between 1993 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINE SPRINGS 2 |
| 30 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINE SPRINGS 1 |
| 2 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINESPRG01 |
| 2 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NWPINESPRS |
| 19 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LUKACHUKAI 2 |
| 1 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LUKA 01 |
| 1 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINESPRING |
| 4 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINESPRG01 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houck | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Springs | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Allentown | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Wide Ruins | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lupton | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sanders | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Chetco | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hunters Point | 13.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 9479. 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.