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West Sedona, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Camp Verde-Sedona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86336. It lies near Grasshopper Flat. The Survey maps it on the Sedona quadrangle.

West Sedona within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of West Sedona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,254 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined105
Natural78
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBEAR RIDGE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office10-0002821
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedona Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office14-0003012
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedona Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedona Fire District3038

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Sedona: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Sedona in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodWest Sedona-Oak Creek began to rise at the river gauge in Sedona 1100 AM on January 1 (550 CFS), crested at over 4,500 CFC at around 500 PM (a 4 foot rise), and then returned to near normal by 1100 AM on January 2. The Oak Creek gauge near Cornville began to rise at 400 PM on January 1 (440 CFS), crested at over 4,000 CFC in the action stage at around 900 PM (a 4.9 foot rise), and then returned to near normal after 500 PM on January 2. A video on social media showed flooding of low water crossings on Oak Creek near Rainbow Mobile Home Park and The Rainbow Trout Farm.
July 2022Flash FloodWest Sedona-A wash in the Sedona area was flowing 8 to 10 inches deep.
October 2018Flash FloodWest Sedona-The Dry Creek river gauge recorded a crest of 6.98 feet at midnight due to heavy rain during the day and evening. The crest is about 5 feet rise in the normally dry creek bed.
July 2016Flash FloodWest Sedona-Several reports were received indicating that some roads were impassible due to flooding. Flood water also entered house in Sedona. The gauge on Oak Creek at Tlaquepaque showed a two and half foot rise.
August 2012Flash FloodWest Sedona-Sunset Wash overflowed on to Sunset Drive. Police set up barricades to close the road.
August 2007Flash FloodWest Sedona-Sedona Fire Department reported small rocks (softball-sized) and one large boulder fell on Highway 89 in Oak Creek Canyon. This happened after heavy rain fell over the Brins fire scar.

Every storm recorded in Yavapai 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
Red Rock2.9 miles21
Baldwins Crossing3.0 miles21
Big Park6.4 miles21
Oak Creek6.5 miles21
Page Springs8.3 miles23
Cornville12.0 miles21
Jordan13.3 miles21
Smelter City13.4 miles21

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 Q49370704The 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 41234. 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.