BlockWood Springs, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86505. The Survey maps it on the Red Clay Wash quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nazlini quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Zith-Tusayan Butte 2 SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Red Clay Wash quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ganado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Wood Springs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | GANADO MESA |
| 27 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NAZLINI |
| 26 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRINGS 1 |
| 15 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | KINLICHEE2 |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRG 6 |
| 5 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRINGS |
| 3 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRS 5 |
| 3 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WOODSPRS 4 |
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 Wood Springs: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Uranium Deposits | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodspring Trading Post | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Kinlichee | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Nazlini | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ganado | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Burnside | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Rock | 14.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cornfields | 16.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sawmill | 16.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25275. 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.