White Cone, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Indian Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86034. The Survey maps it on the White Cone quadrangle. 768 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Cone fell from 817 to 768 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 817 | |
| 2020 | 768 | -49 (-6%) |
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 White Cone quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Polacca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS White Cone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of White Cone between 1993 and 2019, burning about 171 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 1998 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Hopi Agency | HARRIETT |
| 28 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WHITE CONE 2 |
| 18 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Hopi Agency | LAVA DAM |
| 17 July 1997 | Natural | 62 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WHITE CONE |
| 13 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Hopi Agency | WHITE CONE NHA |
| 11 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WHITECONE NHA |
| 30 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WHITE CONE1 |
| 3 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | EAST HWY 77 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of White Cone: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| White Cone Peak | Pumice, Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Tuff |
Storms near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Cone in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2022 | Flash Flood | White Cone | - | Reports of flooding on the Hopi Nation included First Mesa, Highway 264, Polacca Wash, and other locations. |
| August 2021 | Hail | White Cone | - | Hail the size of a quarter (1 inch in diameter) was reported in the community of White Cone. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | White Cone | - | Water was rushing across a road in White Cone. People were standing on top of cars waiting to be rescued. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cone | - | A roof was blown off a building in White Cone. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | White Cone | - | Heavy rain and flooding washed out several roads in the White Cone area. |
| October 2003 | Hail | White Cone | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail was reported in the town of White Cone. |
| October 2003 | Tornado (F0) | White Cone | - | The public and Law Enforcement observed a tornado on the ground near White Cone. A spotter reported damage to a fence, windmill, and trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na Ah Tee | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Chakpahu | 12.2 miles | 19 | |
| Jeddito | 12.2 miles | 19 | |
| Kokopnyama | 12.4 miles | 19 | |
| Greasewood | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kawaika-A | 12.6 miles | 19 | |
| Nesuftanga | 12.7 miles | 19 | |
| Pink Arrow | 12.8 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.
| Wikipedia article on White Cone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4958064 | 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 13608. 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.









