BlockRyan, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Kaibab Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86022. It sits by Buck Ridge Point. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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 Kaibab quadrangle1:250000, 9 printings
- 1953 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Big Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Warm Springs Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Ryan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,891 acres in total. 94 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 94 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | LOCATION |
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kaibab National Forest | LAKE |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | DOVE |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SOUTH |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MOURNING |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | F |
| 22 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MORNING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ryan in 2 storm reports in 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Ryan | - | Kaibab National Forest reported that flooding closed Forest Road 22 from Forest Road 422A to Big Springs. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Ryan | - | A thunderstorm produce hail up to 1 and 3/4 inches in diameter about 9 miles west-southwest of Jacobs Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Jacob Lake | 7.3 miles | 26 | |
| One Mile | 17.6 miles | 22 | |
| Fredonia | 20.1 miles | 22 | |
| Supai | 36.0 miles | 21 | |
| North Rim | 36.3 miles | 39 | |
| Bitter Springs | 37.1 miles | 23 | |
| Vista Encantada | 37.3 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24592. 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.
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.