BlockWahweap, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kaibab Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86040. The Survey maps it on the Page quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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 Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Echo Cliffs quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1954 USGS Leche-E Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Glen Canyon Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Page quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wahweap between 1994 and 2018, burning about 10 acres 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | HAY |
| 29 August 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | NORTH |
| 20 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MP 94 |
| 9 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | BEER CAN HILL |
| 5 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MP1 |
| 3 July 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | WARM CREEK 2 |
| 16 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | CARDBOARD |
| 8 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | MEMORY MAKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenehaven | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Page | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Chair Crossing | 10.2 miles | 25 | |
| Marble Canyon | 14.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bitter Springs | 26.8 miles | 23 | |
| One Mile | 32.7 miles | 22 | |
| Kaibito | 35.3 miles | 19 | |
| Navajo Mountain Mission | 38.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25256. 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.