BlockSun Valley, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winslow-Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86029. The Survey maps it on the Sun Valley quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,282 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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
- 1955 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS St. Joseph 1 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Sun Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sun Valley between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SUN VALLEY |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | PETRIFIED |
| 18 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | QUARTZSITE |
| 15 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SUN VALLEY |
| 6 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | 109 |
| 14 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ROSEWOOD |
| 30 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | AZSUN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sun Valley: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arntz | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lisitzky Subdivision | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Goodwater | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Clearview Heights | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rosedale Heights | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ubank Place | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sierra Plaza Subdivision | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Holbrook | 7.6 miles | 18 |
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 Sun Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5690682 | The 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 25324. 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.