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Three Forks, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85920. It stands on Boneyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Crossing quadrangle.

Three Forks within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Three Forks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,254 acres in total. 139 started naturally. 4 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
Natural139
Recreation and ceremony25
Smoking8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestOPEN DRAW 2
29 September 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestOPEN DRAW
28 September 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestTHREE FORKS
15 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestCOYOTE CREEK
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPONDEROSA PINE
9 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBONE YARD
7 August 2007Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forest276
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestROUND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Three Forks: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Perlite. 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
Gila Valley Block Co PropertyPumice, PerliteUnknown

Every working recorded in Apache County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Forks in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Tornado (EF0)Three Forks-A small tornado was observed near Big Lake in the White Mountains.

Every storm recorded in Apache 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
Boneyard2.8 miles15
Crosby Crossing4.3 miles15
Nutrioso8.8 miles14
Alpine9.1 miles14
Rosebud10.4 miles18
Feaster13.0 miles14
Greer13.2 miles18
Northwoods14.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 35296. 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.