Pinta, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Puerco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86502. The Survey maps it on the Pinta quadrangle. It stands 5,505 feet above sea level.
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
- 1972 USGS Pinta quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pinta between 1994 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PORKER |
| 14 June 1996 | Natural | 31 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINTA 1 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 0365-NAA |
| 11 April 1996 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 March 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Petrified Forest National Park | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | I-40 MM323 |
| 1 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Petrified Forest National Park | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pinta: 9 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Helium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Eastern I-10 State | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Eastern I-2 State | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Eastern I-28 State | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr Mcgee 1 Fee | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr Mcgee 1 State | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr Mcgee 2 Fee | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr Mcgee 2 State | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr Mcgee 3a State | Helium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinta in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Pinta | - | A funnel cloud was seen northeast of the Petrified Forest National Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Adamana | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| Chambers | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Paulcell Place | 13.3 miles | 18 | |
| Tanner Springs | 14.5 miles | 15 | |
| Chetco | 18.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sanders | 18.3 miles | 15 | |
| Potter Place | 18.8 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 Q28912609 | 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 24563. 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.








