Shumway, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85901. It stands on Shumway Butte. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle.
On record in Shumway
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 1 record
Shumway Schoollisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Show Low quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Shumway between 1993 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 41 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LOVE LAKE RANCH |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | LINDEN TANK |
| 11 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WHITE MOUNTAIN |
| 9 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HWY 77 MP 351 |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | THISTLE TANK |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | THISTLE |
| 18 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HWY 77 LONE PINE DAMN RD |
| 17 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | LONE PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shumway: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shumway in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 2 heavy rain. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoens Crossing | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Robinson Trail Crossing | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Taylor | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| White Mountain Lakes Estates | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| White Mountain Lake | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Burton | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Snowflake | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Roundy Crossing | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34397. 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.








