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Tempe Camp, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86038. It lies near Fulton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mormon Lake quadrangle. It stands 7,139 feet above sea level.

Tempe Camp within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

238 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Tempe Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,562 acres in total. 158 started naturally. 2 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
Natural158
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony31
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestMUDDY
7 September 1999Other causesunder an acreCoconino National ForestZUMA
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMormon Lake Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLAST
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestPATCH
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMormon Lake Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestHOLLYWOOD
4 September 2000Natural3.0 acresCoconino National ForestEEYORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino 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 Tempe Camp: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Kinnikinick LakeVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Sedge Spring Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders

Every working recorded in Coconino 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
Lakeview0.3 miles17
Mormon Lake1.1 miles17
Saint Joseph Youth Camp3.8 miles17
Pilgrim Playground4.3 miles17
Rockledge4.4 miles17
Coyote Basin Ranch4.5 miles17
Allan Lake Landing5.7 miles17
Stoneman Lake9.5 miles22

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 Tempe CampAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30624703The 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 35192. 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.