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Seligman, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ash Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86337. The Survey maps it on the Seligman West quadrangle. 446 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,243 feet above sea level.

Seligman within Yavapai County

On record in Seligman

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Seligman grew from 445 to 446 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
2010445
2020446+1 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

Photographs

8 of 11 photographs shown, 1943 to 2018

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Seligman, Arizona. Teletype operator in the telegraph office of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The time here changes from Mountain to Pacific time
Seligman, Arizona. Teletype operator in the telegraph office of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The time here changes from Mountain to Pacific time
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Seligman, Arizona. Leaving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California
Seligman, Arizona. Leaving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
[A freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF RR) chugs across a lonely stretch of Arizona's high desert between Seligman and Ash Fork in Yavapai County
[A freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF RR) chugs across a lonely stretch of Arizona's high desert between Seligman and Ash Fork in Yavapai County
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Ash Fork (vicinity), Arizona. Passing an eastbound freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Winslow and Seligman, Arizona
Ash Fork (vicinity), Arizona. Passing an eastbound freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Winslow and Seligman, Arizona
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Yampai, Arizona. Brakeman and the conductor inspecting the train during a stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California
Yampai, Arizona. Brakeman and the conductor inspecting the train during a stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Seligman, Arizona. Railroad men lounging in the lobby of the Harvey House near the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard
Seligman, Arizona. Railroad men lounging in the lobby of the Harvey House near the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Nelson (vicinity), Arizona. Passing a train load of military tanks on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California
Nelson (vicinity), Arizona. Passing a train load of military tanks on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
[A freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF RR) chugs across a lonely stretch of Arizona's high desert between Seligman and Ash Fork in Yavapai County
[A freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF RR) chugs across a lonely stretch of Arizona's high desert between Seligman and Ash Fork in Yavapai County
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Yavapai County

Fires near this place

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Seligman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural8
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictSINKHOLE
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictANTELOPE
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 August 2004Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBEAR
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCHINO POINT
6 August 1994Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
31 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMIDDLE OF ROAD
24 July 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Seligman: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Pumice. 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
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSEDIMENTARY
Chino Wash CindersVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seligman in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 5 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2010HailSeligman$30,000Dime sized hail fell for ten minutes before quarter-sized (1 inch in diameter) started to fall. The hail dented cars and shattered plastic vents on RV trailers.
August 2022Funnel CloudSeligman-A trained spotter reported a brief funnel cloud.
July 2014HailSeligman-A spotter reported 3/4 inch diameter hail along Trout Creek Raod about 30 miles southwest of Seligman.
July 2014Heavy RainSeligman-A thunderstorm produced between 1.75 and 2.00 inches of rain in two hours over an area about 30 miles southwest of Seligman.
July 2014Flash FloodSeligman-Heavy rain and hail caused widespread flash flooding along Trout Creek Road. The road became impassible with water and debris.
August 2008HailSeligman-A thunderstorm produced one inch diameter hail southwest of Seligman near Cross Mountain.
October 2005HailSeligman-Quarter to golf ball sized (1 to 1 3/4 inch diameter) hail fell in Seligman.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindSeligman-Some trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. One tree was at least 50 feet tall.
October 2005Funnel CloudSeligman-A funnel cloud was reported by law enforcement in Seligman.
July 2003Flash FloodSeligman-Yavapai County Sheriff reported county roads washed out 10 miles south of Seligman.
August 1999Funnel CloudSeligman-Arizona Dept. of Public Safety officers reported a funnel cloud near Seligman.
September 1999HailSeligman-Law enforcement officials reported 1.75 inch diameter hail falling across portions of Interstate 40 between exits 103 and 109.

Every storm recorded in Yavapai 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
Crookton9.2 miles18
Audley10.0 miles18
Pica16.5 miles18
Pinaveta17.5 miles22
Yampai20.5 miles18
Ash Fork22.0 miles26
Meath (historical)26.7 miles25
Nelson26.8 miles19

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 SeligmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1559107The 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 11070. 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.