Willaha, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Williams census division. The Survey maps it on the Howard Hill quadrangle. It stands 5,814 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Chino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 4 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
- 1979 USGS Howard Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Valle quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Willaha between 1994 and 2012, burning about 6 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HOWARD HILL |
| 23 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LOOKOUT |
| 21 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BILL |
| 17 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RED HORSE |
| 30 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | CAPTAIN |
| 12 May 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RED HORSE |
| 4 October 1994 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Kaibab National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Willaha: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper No. 1 Claim | Copper, Uranium, Iron | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite | |
| Willaha Group | Copper, Uranium, Iron | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite | |
| Copper No1 | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willaha in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Willaha | - | Cataract Creek at Redlands Crossing rose two feet in less than an hour due to heavy rainfall upstream. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Willaha | - | Havasu Creek at Supai rose 18 inches in about an hour. It took six hours for the creek to return to normal. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Willaha | - | A thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch diameter hail. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Willaha | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Cataract Creek that covered Wilawa Road with 5 feet of water. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Willaha | - | A small tornado was reported abut 15 miles northwest of Valle. Several funnel clouds were seen intermittently for 20 minutes after last touchdown. |
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 Willaha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249520 | 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 24691. 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.








