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Riordan, Arizona

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86005. The Survey maps it on the Flagstaff West quadrangle.

Riordan within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

480 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 480 fires within 5 miles of Riordan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 672 acres in total. 111 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined210
Recreation and ceremony124
Natural111
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2

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 1997Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestLODGE
9 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named
8 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestPLANTATION
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBUDWEISER
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePATERSON
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestMIAMI
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Riordan: 13 past producers, 11 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Clay, Perlite. 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, ConstructionUnknown
Sheep PitPerliteProducer
Rogers LakeClayOccurrenceResidual
Rogers LakeClayOccurrence
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown

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
Fort Tuthill4.2 miles30
Flagstaff4.6 miles30
Cogdill Center5.0 miles30
Bellemont6.0 miles31
East Flagstaff6.7 miles31
Kachina Village7.0 miles30
Mountainaire8.3 miles30
Elden Pueblo9.6 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 42729. 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.