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.
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 Chino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS Williams quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Williams quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Howard Mesa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FUES |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TRAILS |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kaibab National Forest | HORSE TRAP |
| 9 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COXCOMB |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Canyon National Park | RIDGETOP |
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Pouquette | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Cinders | |
| Pouquette | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Red Lake | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders | |
| Williams No. 6 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Cinders |
Storms near this place
7 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | East Red Lake | 1 killed | A 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 2021 | Flash Flood | East Red Lake | 1 killed | A 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 2023 | Flood | East 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 2021 | Hail | West 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 2018 | Hail | West Red Lake | - | Soft hail up to 1 inch in diameter shredded some plants. Metal structures were not damaged. |
| September 2018 | Hail | East Red Lake | - | A storm chaser estimated that 2 1/2 inch hail fell eight miles north of Tolani Lake. |
| August 2018 | Hail | West 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). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | 9.1 miles | 24 | |
| Williams Junction | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| Bootlegger Crossing | 10.0 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Tank | 10.7 miles | 22 | |
| Quivero | 10.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sereno | 11.3 miles | 27 | |
| Sherwood Forest Estates | 11.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sereno Spring | 11.5 miles | 27 |
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.










