Sunset Crossing, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winslow-Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86047. It stands on Cottonwood Wash. The Survey maps it on the Winslow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sunset Crossing within Navajo County

On record in Sunset Crossing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Winslow Underpasslisted 1988 · 0.5 miles away
Winslow Bridgelisted 1989 · 0.5 miles away

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.

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
1954 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Winslow 4 SW quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Crossing (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 192 acres in total. 1 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	14
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winslow Fire Department	18-0198
10 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
30 June 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	TRANSCON
27 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	TUCKER
13 June 2006	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	WINSLOW 2
11 June 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
10 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District	COCHRAN
30 May 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	JACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Crossing (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
O'Harco Ranch	Uranium	Unknown
Uranium Deposit	Uranium	Occurrence
Cottonwood Wash Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

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
Bushman Acres	1.6 miles	21
Brigham City (historical)	1.9 miles	21
Sunset City (historical)	2.1 miles	21
Winslow	2.4 miles	21
West Winslow	5.0 miles	21
Hibbard	7.8 miles	14
Manila	13.2 miles	18
Joseph City	17.4 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2651792. 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.