BlockRed Rock, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86544. It stands on Standing Redrock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Redrock Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Redrock Valley SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Red Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rock Point quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1996 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RT13REDVAL |
| 10 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RED VALLEY 2 |
| 20 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | W RED VALLEY 1 |
| 31 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S RED VALLEY 3 |
| 10 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S RED VALLEY 2 |
| 25 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RED VALLEY 2 |
| 25 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | N RED VALLEY 2 |
| 17 May 1998 | Fireworks | 6.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ROOFBUTTE1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohe Thlany Begay Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | Tyuyamunite | |
| Upper Red Wash Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | Tyuyamunite | |
| H B Roy No 2 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Kerr-Mcgee Uranium Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Kings #6 | Uranium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Mesa | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cove | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Yazzi | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lukachukai | 15.7 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Falls | 18.0 miles | 18 | |
| Teec Nos Pos | 21.9 miles | 18 | |
| Emmanuel Mission | 22.5 miles | 18 | |
| Round Rock | 22.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25270. 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.