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Sixmile Village, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Mohave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86022. It lies near Sixmile Gap. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle. It stands 4,783 feet above sea level.

Sixmile Village within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

34 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sixmile Village between 2000 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 1 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWATER TANK
4 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSouthern Paiute AgencyRIGS
3 August 2011Other causesunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsKANAB ASSIST 1
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Paiute AgencyMOLLY
27 August 2007Naturalunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeCOWBOY
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Paiute AgencyYELLOW GRASS
24 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSouthern Paiute AgencySIX MILE SPRING
21 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST JOHNSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sixmile Village: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, 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
Buckskin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kaibab Indian Reservation LeaseUraniumOccurrence
Spring HollowGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum
Spring HollowGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mohave 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
Nagles Crossing7.0 miles21
Kaibab9.8 miles22
Indian Moccasin9.9 miles22
Moccasin10.3 miles21
Booze Crossing10.3 miles21
Cane Beds16.8 miles21
Colorado City21.1 miles21
Rock Crossing43.7 miles16

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 Sixmile VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621691The 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 24097. 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.