Walapai, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86401. The Survey maps it on the Kingman Airport quadrangle. It stands 3,307 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 Diamond Creek quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Diamond Creek quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kingman Airport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Walapai between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,039 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PEKA |
| 29 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | NORTH |
| 2 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | OLD 66 |
| 4 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1 | NOT NAMED |
| 11 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PATE |
| 6 July 1995 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
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 Walapai: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandpit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walapai in 21 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 15 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $4,000 | Antares Road was closed due to four feet of water. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $2,000 | Fast flowing water and debris closed Antares Road. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed from Pierce Ferry Road to Highway 66. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed from mile marker 1 to mile marker 22. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Rd was closed from Pierce Ferry Rd to California Dr due to flooding of the Truxton Wash. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Rd was closed from Hwy 66 to Pierce Ferry Rd. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed from Highway 66 to Pierce Ferry Road due to flooding from runoff from storms which occurred hours earlier. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed from Pierce Ferry Road to mile marker 22. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed from Highway 66 to Pierce Ferry Road. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed from Pierce Ferry Road to Route 66. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walapai | $1,000 | A spotter reported estimated gusts to 60 mph with one quarter mile visibility in blowing dust. Small limbs and street signs also blew down. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Flooding of the Truxton Wash closed Antares Road. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was closed due to flooding. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Antares Road was flooded and closed at the Truxton Wash. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Walapai | $1,000 | Ten inches of water and mud flowed down Brigade Drive. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walapai | - | The same storm which produced large hail and flash flooding produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Walapai | - | Water, rocks and other debris covered several roads in Valle Vista. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Walapai | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Walapai | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Walapai | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14680772 | 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 24678. 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.








