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Zeniff, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85928. The Survey maps it on the Zeniff quadrangle.

Zeniff within Navajo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Zeniff between 1996 and 2018, burning about 25 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
5 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictDECKER
4 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictTHREE WAY
20 June 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSCOTT WASH
30 May 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeARIPINE
29 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictZENIFF
19 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictPINK
28 March 2004Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDAY WASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navajo County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeniff in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodZeniff1 killedHighway 377 between Heber and Holbrook was closed due to flooding at mile post 13 around 900 AM on March 22. Seymour's Crossing was flooded the night of March 22. A vehicle was swept downstream for about an hour. The occupants were able to reach the bank but, were separated. The woman's body was found the next day.
July 2018Flash FloodZeniff-State Route 377 was close due to flooding at mile marker 7.
July 2017Flash FloodZeniff-Flash flooding was reported on Scott Wash over State Route 377 between mile marker 7 and 8.
July 2017FloodZeniff-Arizona Department of Public Safety reported 6 inches of water across State Route 377 at milepost 12.8.
September 2011HailZeniff-One inch diameter or larger hail cracked windshields on State Route 277 near Forest Service Road 322.
August 2007FloodZeniff-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flash flooding west of mile marker 318 on State Road 277 and Pulp Mill Road.

Every storm recorded in Navajo 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
Aripine12.0 miles17
Heber15.2 miles18
Clay Springs15.5 miles17
Overgaard15.9 miles18
Snowflake16.5 miles15
Taylor17.1 miles15
Schoens Crossing18.0 miles15
Pinedale19.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36502. 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.

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.