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Sedona, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86336. It lies near Bear Wallow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sedona quadrangle. 9,684 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,327 feet above sea level.

Sedona within Coconino County

On record in Sedona

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Sedona fell from 10,031 to 9,684 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.

YearPeople Change
201010,031
20209,684-347 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Sedona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,463 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined95
Natural76
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office10-0002821
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedona Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTHOMPSON
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office14-0003012
23 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCoconino National ForestPICK
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedona Fire DistrictNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sedona: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedona in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 3 hail, 2 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Flash FloodSedona-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused a 2.3 foot rise on Oak Creek in Sedona.
March 2023FloodSedona-The stream gauge on Oak Creek in Sedona rose above action stage at (7 feet) at 900 AM on March 21. It reached a peak of 16.35 feet at 600 AM on March 22 and then dropped below 7 feet around 1100 PM March 22. Flood stage is at 14.0 feet.
July 2022Flash FloodSedona-Heavy rain caused Oak Creek to rise 1.5 feet at the gauge in Sedona (OAKA3).
July 2021Flash FloodSedona-Heavy rain and rushing water caused a rock fall on Highway 89A just north of Sedona.
August 2016Flash FloodSedona-The river gauge on Oak Creek in Sedona (Tlaquepaque) showed a 3 foot rise starting around 215 PM MST and peaked around 230 PM MST. The thunderstorm was moving from north to south through Oak Creek Canyon and then out over the Sedona area. Smaller washes then started flowing and caused the closure of several roads (Back 'O Beyond, Sunset Drive, and Doodlebug Drive).
September 2009Heavy RainSedona-Heavy rain fell over Sedona and flooded a portion of Highway 179 blocking traffic.
September 2008HailSedona-A thunderstorm produce hail close to the size of nickles from The Village of Oak Creek to Sedona.
July 2007Flash FloodSedona-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flooding in the Sedona area. Mud, boulders, and high water blocked Highway 179 south side of Sedona. Some vehicles were stalled in the high water.
June 2005HailSedona-Two resorts just north of Sedona reported 3/4 inch to 1 inch diameter hail for about 5 minutes.
August 2005Heavy RainSedona-A spotter in Sedona reported 1.46 inches of rain in 45 minutes. The power was knocked out.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSedona-Thunderstorm winds knocked down tree limbs in Sedona. Water was flowing over streets in downtown Sedona.
September 2003HailSedona-Quarter sized (1 inch diameter) hail was reported in southeast Sedona.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSedona-A tree was blown down in Sedona.
August 2000WildfireSedona-A lightning casued fire burned 84 acers on Mt Wilson in the Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness 4 miles north of Sedona. About 90 firefighters hiked in 5 miles to fight the blaze. A helicoper and an air tanker were also used to help put out the fire.
July 1999Flash FloodSedona-Doppler radar estimates of 2 plus inches of rain per hour caused flash flooding and mudslides in Oak Creek Canyon. A 4 foot tall slab of mud was left on Highway 89A in the Indian Gardens section of the canyon. Nearby, the Schnebly Hill underpass was flooded with water three feet deep and debris across the road.
July 1998Flash FloodSedona-Highway 89a just north of Sedona was closed due to mudslides and 3 feet of water across the roadway.Highway 179 in Sedona was closed due to flooding.
August 2000Heavy RainSedona-no account filed
August 2000FloodSedona-no account filed
June 1996WaterspoutSedona-no account filed

Every storm 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
Oak Creek Mobilodge1.2 miles21
Indian Gardens3.5 miles23
Oak Creek Canyon5.2 miles21
Munds Park8.3 miles23
Stoneman Lake14.5 miles22
Saint Joseph Youth Camp15.1 miles17
Mountainaire15.7 miles30
Mormon Lake16.0 miles17

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 SedonaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80041The 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 34242. 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.