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Pumpkin Center, Arizona

27 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. It lies near Pumpkin Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Moritz Ridge quadrangle.

Pumpkin Center within Coconino County

On record in Pumpkin Center

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46,047 acres in total. 192 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
Natural192
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestBULL
8 September 2019Natural2.0 acresCoconino National ForestBASIN
3 September 2012Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSIXTY-SIX
28 September 2004Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestAUTUMN
27 September 2008Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestNEWMAN
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKaibab National ForestTRAVEL
2 September 1996Natural1.0 acresKaibab National ForestJUNI
2 September 1995Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestDENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pumpkin Center: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Section 16 Hill Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders

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
Parks10.8 miles29
Maine11.2 miles29
Bellemont12.9 miles31
Red Lake13.2 miles21
Chalender13.7 miles22
Sherwood Forest Estates13.8 miles22
Pine Tank14.3 miles22
Bootlegger Crossing16.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33227. 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.