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Sponseller, Arizona

21 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 85935. It lies near Morgan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lakeside quadrangle.

Sponseller within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Sponseller between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,323 acres in total. 143 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
Natural143
Recreation and ceremony75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestTANK
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River AgencySATURDAY
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestMULLEN
8 September 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestTUFF
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
6 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestSPRINGER MOUNTAIN
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestCHIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sponseller: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, 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
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Lakeside No. 1 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Lakeside No. 2 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Lakeside No. 3 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Mcnary Cinders OccurrenceVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Ortega Mtn. Cinder PitsVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pinetop-Lakeside5.4 miles21
Lakeside5.4 miles21
Bell5.4 miles19
Pinetop5.5 miles21
Lake of the Woods5.9 miles21
Indian Pine8.1 miles22
Show Low8.5 miles16
Silver Creek10.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122568939The 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 34717. 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.