Steamboat Canyon, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86505. It lies near Steamboat Rock. The Survey maps it on the Steamboat Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Steamboat Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ganado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Steamboat Canyon between 1995 and 2018, burning about 19 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | STEAMBOAT 1 |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | GFD-06-0678 |
| 7 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S STEAMBOAT CYN |
| 21 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | GFD-05-842 |
| 20 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | GFD-05-839 |
| 2 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | STEAMBOAT |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HORNET 1 |
| 15 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | GFD-05-813 |
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 Steamboat Canyon: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Kaolin, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Steamboat | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Steamboat School | Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin | Occurrence | Kaolin |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steamboat Canyon in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Steamboat Canyon | - | Indian Route 15 was closed due to flooding at mile post 95 between Cornfields and Greasewood. Report was from Navajo Nation Road Conditions Facebook page. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Steamboat Canyon | - | The Cornfields Chapter House reported that water was overtopping Navajo Route 15 with Law Enforcement diverting traffic. Greaswood Springs Road to Klagetoh was flooded. State Route 264 was flooded near County Road 317. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Steamboat Canyon | - | Flooding was reported in rural Steamboat Canyon. Water washed out a residential road. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Steamboat Canyon | - | Arizona Department of Transportation reported flooding on State Route 264 in several locations between Steamboat (mile marker 430) and Burnside (mile marker 438). The road was closed for several hours as a preventative measure. ADOT was clearing debris off the road. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Steamboat Canyon | - | Pictures on social media showed 6 to 8 inches of water running over urban roadways and other land surrounding structures near Steamboat and State Route 264. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Toyei | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tsintaa Yiti Ii | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cornfields | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sunrise Springs | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Burnside | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ganado | 16.6 miles | 16 | |
| Salina | 18.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 11804. 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.








