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Williams Junction, Arizona

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86046. It lies near Reneke Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Williams South quadrangle.

Williams Junction within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Williams Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 206 started naturally. 6 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
Natural206
Recreation and ceremony57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Smoking14
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreKaibab National ForestCOUNTRY CLUB
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestBEACON
7 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National ForestCINDER
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestBOX
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestMOORE
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKaibab National ForestDOGTOWN
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestKNOLL
3 September 2017Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestSCHOOL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Williams Junction: 10 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Volcanic Materials. 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
Arizona MinePumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerPumice
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Pit TankVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
West SideVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Williams No. 10 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Williams No. 2 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerCinders
Arizona MinePumicePast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Coconino 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
Bootlegger Crossing1.2 miles22
Williams3.0 miles24
Pine Tank3.7 miles22
Sherwood Forest Estates4.8 miles22
Chalender5.9 miles22
Sereno7.3 miles27
Sereno Spring7.7 miles27
Red Lake9.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36213. 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.