Toreva, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hopi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86043. It lies near Corn Rock. The Survey maps it on the Polacca quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 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
- 1958 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Flagstaff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
281 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Toreva between 1994 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | COOCHYAMPTEWA |
| 7 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Hopi Agency | BOX FIRE |
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hopi Agency | COOP |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | HARVEY |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | TAKALA |
| 22 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hopi Agency | MATRESS |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hopi Agency | CHILE FIRE |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hopi Agency | STICK |
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 Toreva: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Clay Occurrence | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mishongnovi | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sipaulovi | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Second Mesa | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Old Shongopavi (historical) | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Shungopavi | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Walpi | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Sichomovi | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hano | 6.0 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589871 | 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 12638. 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.









