Saint Michaels, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86511. It stands on Thsohotso Wash. The Survey maps it on the Window Rock quadrangle. 1,384 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,739 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Michaels
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Michael's Missionlisted 1975 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Michaels fell from 1,443 to 1,384 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,443 | |
| 2020 | 1,384 | -59 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Zith-Tusayan Butte 4 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Window Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Ganado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Saint Michaels between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 5 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 | 40 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TSE BONITO |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SW EL PASO |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | EL PASO-02 |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ELPASO |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | JPBARKCYN |
| 4 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | KTNN-SHED |
| 3 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | THSOHOTSO WASH |
| 21 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ST MICHAELS 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saint Michaels: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Defiance | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Window Rock | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bonita Trading Post | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hunters Point | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Defiance | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Springs | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sawmill | 18.2 miles | 19 | |
| Kinlichee | 19.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pine Springs | 19.2 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saint Michaels | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2141281 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 10723. 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.









