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One of 140 National Register listings published here for Coconino County · listed in 1992 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cooper Ridge Lookout Tree
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. N of jct. of Alt. US 89 and AZ 67, Kaibab NF, Fredonia
- When was it listed? January 1992
- Category. site
- Also known as. National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
- Census division. Kaibab Plateau
- National Register reference number. 91001962 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Cooper Ridge Lookout Tree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,818 acres in total. 146 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 146 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kaibab National Forest | COOPER |
| 8 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | HILLSIDE |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | HIDDEN |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | MO |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | CAMPGROUND |
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | 429 acres | Kaibab National Forest | LABOR |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | BUFFALO |
| 5 September 1992 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Kaibab National Forest | WILD |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cooper Ridge Lookout Tree: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Silver, Iron, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackin Group | Copper, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Petroskey Group | Copper, Manganese, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kaibab Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1942, 1950 | |
| Mackin Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Petoskey Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1903, 1963 | |
| Kaibab | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fredonia, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Hail | Fredonia | - | Thunderstorm produced one inch hail and accumulated two to three inches. Brief funnel cloud was spotted over Kaibab National Forest. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jacob Lake Ranger Station | 2.9 miles | 1987 |
 | Jacob Lake Lookout Tower | 3.2 miles | 1988 |
| Fracas Lookout Tree | 6.6 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001962 in Record Group 79. |
| Coconino County | All 140 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- 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.