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Yazzi, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86544. The Survey maps it on the Cove quadrangle.

Yazzi within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Yazzi between 1993 and 2019, burning about 156 acres in total. 19 started naturally. None 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
Natural19
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor46 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCOVE 5
17 September 2016Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementJOE WOODY WELL
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementVIEW POINT
26 August 2004Natural2.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCOVE 3
22 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementWIDELAKEII
22 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementN 336 ROAD
15 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCOVE II
8 July 2014Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementS. COVE SCHOOL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 70 workings within 5 miles of Yazzi: 65 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mesa 1 1/2Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Mesa Iv 1/4Vanadium, UraniumUnknown
Mesa Iv Mine No3Vanadium, UraniumPast Producer
Mesa VVanadium, UraniumPast Producer
4b MineUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerTyuyamunite
Alcove MesaUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Cato No1 PitUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Cato No2Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Cove MesaUranium, VanadiumUnknown
East Mesa MineUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Tyuyamunite

Every working recorded in Apache 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
Cove1.0 miles18
Red Rock8.8 miles18
Lukachukai11.2 miles17
Horse Mesa12.8 miles18
Round Rock14.0 miles18
Emmanuel Mission17.9 miles18
Twin Falls20.7 miles18
Sehili20.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25276. 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.