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West Winslow, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winslow-Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86047. The Survey maps it on the Winslow quadrangle.

West Winslow within Navajo 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of West Winslow between 1993 and 2019, burning about 228 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLEUPPS
20 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeWOODSY
8 July 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 July 2002Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLOOPY
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office344
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinslow Fire Department18-0198
21 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCORNHUSKER
10 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of West Winslow: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
O'Harco Robinson ProspectUraniumUnknown
Uranium DepositUraniumOccurrence
Acme CementGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Acme Cement PlasterGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Acme Cement Plaster CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Navajo Gypsum and Fertilizer CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Toltec Divide AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Winslow AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerGypsum

Every working recorded in Navajo County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Winslow in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
October 2025FloodWest Winslow-Navajo Nation Police reported Route 71 closed in Bird Springs due to flooding of the Little Colorado River.
March 2023FloodWest Winslow-Rain and rain on snow caused the The Little Colorado River in Navajo County to reach flood stage in the evening of March 22. The river gauge at Holbrook showed a sharp rise around 800 PM. The river dropped back down at that location around 800 PM on March 24. The river gauge at Winslow showed a sharp rise around 1000 PM on March 23 and dropped back down around 1100 AM on March 24. The Bird Springs Chapter House (downstream of Winslow) poste a video that showed flooding over Navajo Route 71 (impassable) at 1000 AM on March 24.
October 2015HailWest Winslow-Law enforcement reported 1 and 1/2 inch diameter hail.
September 2015Heavy RainWest Winslow-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused water to flow over street curbs and into some yards in Winslow.

Every storm recorded in Navajo 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
Winslow2.6 miles21
Bushman Acres3.5 miles21
Sunset City (historical)4.7 miles21
Brigham City (historical)4.9 miles21
Sunset Crossing (historical)5.0 miles21
Hibbard12.8 miles14
Manila18.2 miles18
Joseph City22.4 miles18

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 Q49370719The 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 25327. 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.