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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Zeniff quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Zeniff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.8 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | DECKER |
| 4 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | THREE WAY |
| 20 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SCOTT WASH |
| 30 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ARIPINE |
| 29 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | ZENIFF |
| 19 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | PINK |
| 28 March 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DAY WASH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Zeniff | 1 killed | Highway 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Zeniff | - | State Route 377 was close due to flooding at mile marker 7. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Zeniff | - | Flash flooding was reported on Scott Wash over State Route 377 between mile marker 7 and 8. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Zeniff | - | Arizona Department of Public Safety reported 6 inches of water across State Route 377 at milepost 12.8. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Zeniff | - | One inch diameter or larger hail cracked windshields on State Route 277 near Forest Service Road 322. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Zeniff | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flash flooding west of mile marker 318 on State Road 277 and Pulp Mill Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aripine | 12.0 miles | 17 | |
| Heber | 15.2 miles | 18 | |
| Clay Springs | 15.5 miles | 17 | |
| Overgaard | 15.9 miles | 18 | |
| Snowflake | 16.5 miles | 15 | |
| Taylor | 17.1 miles | 15 | |
| Schoens Crossing | 18.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pinedale | 19.8 miles | 17 |
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.








