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Red Lake, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86046. It lies in Red Lake Valley. The Survey maps it on the Howard Mesa quadrangle.

Red Lake within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Red Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 1 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
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeFUES
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTRAILS
27 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKaibab National ForestHORSE TRAP
9 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOXCOMB
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreKaibab National Forestnot named
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkRIDGETOP
8 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Red Lake: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
PouquetteVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceCinders
PouquettePumiceProspect
Red LakeVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Williams No. 6 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Lake in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodEast Red Lake1 killedA vehicle was caught in the flood waters of Dinnebito Wash near Route 6720 and Saltwater Wash. There was one fatality and two others trapped in the water. This was located about 72 air miles downstream from the headwaters of this wash.
July 2021Flash FloodEast Red Lake1 killedA vehicle was caught in the flood waters of Dinnebito Wash near Route 6720 and Saltwater Wash. There was one fatality and two others trapped in the water. This was located about 72 air miles downstream from the headwaters of this wash.
March 2023FloodEast Red Lake-The river gauge on the Little Colorado River near Cameron showed a spike starting around 1100 AM on March 21. The river dropped back down and then showed a steady increase again around noon on March 23 corresponding to flows arriving from the Winslow area. The river at Cameron dropped back down again by the evening of March 25. The hydrograph on the LCR at the Colorado River showed the same trace 6 hours later...dropping down around noon on March 26.
August 2021HailWest Red Lake-A trained spotter reported hail the size of a quarter (1 inch diameter) 7 miles north-northwest of Williams. Other people reported golf ball sized hail (1 3/4 inch diameter) around the Williams area.
August 2018HailWest Red Lake-Soft hail up to 1 inch in diameter shredded some plants. Metal structures were not damaged.
September 2018HailEast Red Lake-A storm chaser estimated that 2 1/2 inch hail fell eight miles north of Tolani Lake.
August 2018HailWest Red Lake-Hail up to golf ball sized (1 3/4 inch diameter) was reported at the KOA Campground 6 miles north of Williams. Another storm produced penny (3/4 inch).

Every storm 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
Williams9.1 miles24
Williams Junction9.5 miles24
Bootlegger Crossing10.0 miles22
Pine Tank10.7 miles22
Quivero10.7 miles19
Sereno11.3 miles27
Sherwood Forest Estates11.4 miles22
Sereno Spring11.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805226. 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.