Pinetop, Arizona
21 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 85935. It stands on Thompson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lakeside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS McNary quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
4 photographs, 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
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
435 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Pinetop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 158 started naturally. 25 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 | 158 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 111 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | TANK |
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | SATURDAY |
| 9 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MULLEN |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WALNUT |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tombstone Volunteer Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | SPRINGER MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | CHIP |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | LARGO MTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pinetop: 6 past producers, 5 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 Occurrence | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Indian Pine No. 3 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Pine No. 4 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Pine No. 5 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeside No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinetop in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 5 heavy rain, 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Pinetop | - | Over 3.00 inches of rain from thunderstorms produced flash flooding that damaged some roads and buildings in and around Show Low. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinetop | - | An eight inch diameter fruit tree was snapped in half because of a thunderstorm gust front. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Pinetop | - | Up to two inches of rain was reported in Pinetop-Lakeside. Dime sized hail covered the ground. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Pinetop | - | Quarter sized hail and some slightly larger stones were reported in Lakeside. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Pinetop | - | Thunderstorms produced 2.25 inches of rain in an hour in Pinetop-Lakeside. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Pinetop | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding to the top of tires in Pinetop-Lakeside. Roads were blocked by high water and water entered a few homes. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinetop | - | Thunderstorm winds caused some building damage and downed trees in Pinetop-Lakeside. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Pinetop | - | Heavy rain caused the closure of Highway 260 in the Pinetop-Lakeside area. Several culverts burst. Several homes had water damage. Highway 73 from Lakeside to Whiteriver was closed twice because of water flowing over the road. Up to 5 inches of rain was reported at the Pinetop Country Club. A spotter two miles north of McNary reported just over 4 inches of rain during the afternoon. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Pinetop | - | Spotters reported 3/4 inch diameter hail. |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Pinetop | - | One inch of rain fell in 15 minutes. |
| June 2000 | Heavy Rain | Pinetop | - | A weather spotter in Pinetop-Lakeside reported 1.8 inches of rain in 75 minutes. Street flooding was observed. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Pinetop | - | A weather spotter measured 0.75 inch diameter hail in Pinetop. |
| July 1999 | Flood | Pinetop | - | An estimated three inches of rainfall produced local flooding in east Pinetop with water entering two homes. Erosion ditches two feet wide and seven feet deep were produced by the runoff. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Pinetop | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinetop-Lakeside | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeside | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Indian Pine | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sponseller | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Show Low | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bell | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Roundy Crossing | 14.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32990. 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.










