DelSue Motor Inn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

One of 140 National Register listings published here for Coconino County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 234 E US 66, Williams, 86046
When was it listed? May 1998
Category. building
Also known as. Historic US Route 66 in Arizona MPS
Census division. Williams
National Register reference number. 98000356 - 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

378 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of DelSue Motor Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 208 started naturally. 7 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
Natural	208
Recreation and ceremony	71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Debris and open burning	15
Smoking	12
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Arson/incendiarism	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	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
9 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	COUNTRY CLUB
7 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	CINDER
6 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	SADDLE
6 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	BOX
6 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	FUES
6 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	MOORE
4 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	DOGTOWN
4 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Kaibab National Forest	KNOLL

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of DelSue Motor Inn: 12 past producers, 7 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Volcanic Materials. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Arizona Mine	Pumice, Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Pumice
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Gravel
Cinder Pit	Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Cinders
Pit Tank	Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Cinders
Pouquette	Volcanic Materials	Occurrence	Cinders
Three Sisters Cinder Pit	Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Cinders
West Side	Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Cinders
Williams No. 2 Cinder Pit	Volcanic Materials	Past Producer	Cinders

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Storms near this property

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williams, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 heavy rain, 5 flood, 5 hail, 2 wildfire. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 1996	Flood	Williams	1 hurt, $1,000	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Williams	-	A thunderstorm produced enough hail to cover the ground in Williams. Most of the hail was 1/4 to 7/8 inch in diamter (pea to nickel sized). There was one report of 1 inch diameter hail (quarter sized).
July 2024	Dust Devil	Williams	-	As people were trying to set up a hot air balloon, a dust devil created winds estimated to be between 40-50 mph. This caused the balloon to detach from its anchor point, sending it into nearby buildings. Three bystanders were injured, including an 8-year-old girl with a broken thumb and rope burns, a 15-year-old who sustained neck and back injuries, and an adult woman who was cut. The balloon also caused damage to two parked cars, knocked down a light pole, and damaged electrical equipment in a nearby building.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Williams	-	Lewis Street in Williams was flooded.
July 2017	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	A thunderstorm over Williams produce 1.37 inches of rain in 40 minutes, very gusty winds, and lots of lightning. Moderate street flooding was observed in the neighborhood southwest of Downtown.
June 2016	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	Heavy rain and hail up to 1/2 inch in diameter caused local flooding in and around Williams.
September 2016	Funnel Cloud	Williams	-	A funnel cloud was seen about two miles south-southwest of Williams.
August 2015	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	Over half an inch (0.55 inches) fell in Williams in less than 15 minutes. Mud and debris were flowing down 10th Street in Williams.
September 2014	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	A trained spotter in Williams reported 0.95 inches of rain in just 45 minutes.
July 2012	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	Trained spotters reported 1.17 and 1.70 inches of rain in Williams.
July 2010	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	A thunderstorm produced 2.45 inches of rain in just 45 minutes.
August 2008	Hail	Williams	-	Quarter sized (1 inch diameter) hail fell for about 10 minutes with heavy rain in Williams.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Williams	-	Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding in the Williams area. Two feet of water covered Country Club Road at the railroad underpass.
August 2007	Flood	Williams	-	Several streets were closed in Williams due to water in streets from heavy rain.
July 2006	Hail	Williams	-	3/4 inch diameter hail was reported 3 miles east of Williams.
August 2004	Hail	Williams	-	One inch diameter hail was reported 5 miles north of Williams.
August 2003	Heavy Rain	Williams	-	Williams Police Department reported 2.30 inches of rain in just under 40 minutes. This caused extensive street flooding. Some streets had enough water to trap small cars. Several streets were barricaded.
September 2002	Funnel Cloud	Williams	-	An off duty NWS employee reported a funnel cloud four miles east of Williams.
May 2000	Wildfire	Williams	-	The Pumpkin fire started on May 24, 2000 and had burned 9500 acres by the end of May. The fire was started by lightning on the afternoon of May 24, 2000. The fire was burning in the wilderness area of Kendrick Peak and was 40 percent contained by May 31, 2000.
July 2002	Flood	Williams	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Williams	-	no account filed
August 2001	Flood	Williams	-	no account filed
June 2000	Wildfire	Williams	-	no account filed
August 2000	Flood	Williams	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coconino County

Newspapers printed here

5,720 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,089 issues, 5,720 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
The Williams News	1891 to 1989

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

6 within 8 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Williams Historic Business District	0.3 miles	1984
Williams Residential Historic District	0.3 miles	1998
Urban Route 66, Williams	0.5 miles	1989
Negrette House	0.5 miles	2014
Camp Clover Ranger Station	2.2 miles	1993
First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage	5.4 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 98000356 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.