Sehili, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chinle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86556. It stands on Tsaile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tsaile quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,150 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSehili grew from 135 to 153 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 | 135 | |
| 2020 | 153 | +18 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lukachukai quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sonsala Butte 1 SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Tsaile quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Sehili between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SW WHEATFIELDS |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MATTHEWS PEAK 2 |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 7600 SOUTH |
| 16 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BLACK PINNACLE 2 |
| 1 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MATTHSPEAK |
| 9 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | DINE' #1 |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MUSHROOM02 |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TSAILEPEAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatfields | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lower Wheatfields | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Wheatfields | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lukachukai | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| White Clay | 15.1 miles | 18 | |
| Milkwater | 15.9 miles | 19 | |
| Del Muerto | 16.0 miles | 17 | |
| Junction Overlook | 19.8 miles | 17 |
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 Sehili | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6123961 | 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 12750. 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.







