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Wingfield, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flagstaff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86024. The Survey maps it on the Long Valley quadrangle.

Wingfield within Coconino County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

479 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Wingfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,053 acres in total. 360 started naturally. 11 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
Natural360
Recreation and ceremony69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestBLAZED
9 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBRONX
8 September 2008Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestCOOKIE
7 September 2008Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestBABY
7 September 2008Natural1,500 acresCoconino National ForestLOST EDEN
6 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLJ
6 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLABOR
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestFLEECE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino 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 Wingfield: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Pumice, 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
Sunset Mining Claims MS 4531Pumice, ManganeseProspect
Black Eagle No1-6ManganeseUnknown
Denison GroupManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Hough ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Last Chance MineManganesePast Producer
Long Valley ClaimManganeseProspect
Shoup GroupManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Star ClaimManganeseProspect

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
Clints Well1.2 miles16
Jones Crossing3.1 miles16
Long Valley3.7 miles16
Little Spring4.5 miles16
Lost Eden4.8 miles16
Kinder Crossing8.6 miles16
Horse Crossing9.3 miles16
Blue Ridge11.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 38190. 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.