Sichomovi, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86042. It stands on Keams Canyon Wash. The Survey maps it on the Polacca quadrangle.

Sichomovi within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1883 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000
1886 USGS Tusayan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1947 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:62500
1982 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

308 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Sichomovi between 1994 and 2020, burning about 630 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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	185
Recreation and ceremony	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Arson/incendiarism	19
Fireworks	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Natural	13
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Smoking	3
Other causes	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	BEESON 2
8 September 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Hopi Agency	PABLO
7 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	STRAW
7 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	HWY 264 MP 394
7 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	OLD PDS II
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Hopi Agency	DIMP #2
27 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Hopi Agency	RED CLAY
27 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hopi Agency	FUNK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sichomovi: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Sheeps Springs	Manganese	Unknown
Unidentified Clay Occurrence	Clay	Occurrence
Unidentified Clay Occurrence	Clay	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Navajo 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hano	0.2 miles	19
Walpi	0.3 miles	19
First Mesa	0.7 miles	19
Polacca	0.7 miles	19
Wepo Village	4.1 miles	19
Mishongnovi	5.6 miles	19
Sipaulovi	5.7 miles	19
Toreva	5.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 11267. 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.