Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff, Arizona City of Flagstaff Downtown Flagstaff in 2000 Downtown Flagstaff in 2000 Official seal of Flagstaff, Arizona Nickname(s): City of Seven Wonders, Dark Sky City Flagstaff, Arizona is positioned in the US Flagstaff, Arizona - Flagstaff, Arizona Body Flagstaff City Council Flagstaff is a town/city in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
In 2015, the city's estimated populace was 70,320. Flagstaff's combined urbane region has an estimated populace of 139,097.
It is the governmental center of county of Coconino County. The town/city is titled after a ponderosa pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston (known as the "Second Boston Party") to jubilate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876. Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, along the side of the biggest adjoining Ponderosa Pine forest in the continental United States. Flagstaff is positioned adjoining to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona.
Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,851 m), is positioned about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness.
Naval Observatory, the United States Geological Survey Flagstaff Station, and Northern Arizona University.
Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its adjacency to Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, the Arizona Snowbowl, Meteor Crater, and historic Route 66.
The town/city is also a center for medical device manufacturing, since Flagstaff is home to W.
It is said that, because of the flag that was raised, the region surrounding it became known as Flagstaff.
By 1886, Flagstaff was the biggest city on the barns line between Albuquerque and the west coast of the United States. A about 1900 diary entry by journalist Sharlot Hall described the homes in the town/city at the time as a "third rate quarrying camp", with unkempt air and high prices of available goods. Douglass, impressed by Flagstaff's elevation, titled it as an ideal locale for the now famous Lowell Observatory, saying: "other things being equal, the higher we can get the better". Two years later, the specially designed 24-inch (610 mm) Clark telescope that Lowell had ordered was installed.
Naval Observatory joined the burgeoning astronomical presence, and established the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, where Pluto's satellite, Charon, was identified in 1978. During the Apollo program in the 1960s, the Clark Telescope was used to map the moon for the lunar expeditions, enabling the mission creators to choose a safe landing site for the lunar modules. In homage to the city's importance in the field of astronomy, asteroid 2118 Flagstaff is titled for the city, and 6582 Flagsymphony for the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra.
The Northern Arizona Normal School was established in 1899, retitled Northern Arizona University in 1966. Flagstaff's cultural history received a momentous boost on April 11, 1899, when the Flagstaff Symphony made its concert debut at Babbitt's Opera House.
The orchestra continues today as the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, with its major venue at the Ardrey Auditorium on the ground of Northern Arizona University. In the 1880s, the barns s purchased territory in the west from the federal government, which was then sold to individuals to help finance the barns projects. By the 1890s, Flagstaff found itself positioned along one of the busiest barns corridors in the U.S., with 80 100 trains travelling through the town/city every day, destined for Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. Route 66 was instead of in 1926 and ran through Flagstaff.
Flagstaff was incorporated as a town/city in 1928, and in 1929, the city's first motel, the Motel Du Beau, was assembled at the intersection of Beaver Street and Phoenix Avenue.
The units originally rented for $2.60 to $5.00 each, with baths, toilets, double beds, carpets, and furniture. Flagstaff went on to turn into a prominent tourist stop along Route 66, especially due to its adjacency to the Grand Canyon.
Penney left the downtown region in 1979 to open up as anchor stores in the new Flagstaff Mall, joined in 1986 by Dillard's.
In 1987, the town/city drafted a new master plan, also known as the Growth Management Guide 2000, which would transform downtown Flagstaff from a shopping and trade center into a county-wide center for finance, office use, and government.
The town/city assembled a new town/city hall, library, and the Coconino County Administrative Building in the downtown district, staking an investment by the small-town government for years to come.
The Railroad Addition Historic District (Flagstaff, Arizona) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Flagstaff is positioned at 35 11 57 N 111 37 52 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 63.9 square miles (165.5 km2), of which only 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) (0.08%) is water.
At 7,000 feet (2,130 m) elevation, positioned adjoining to the biggest adjoining Ponderosa Pine forest in North America, Flagstaff is positioned on a mountain surrounded by volcanoes, in the heart of the Coconino nationwide forest.
Downtown Flagstaff lies immediately to the east of Mars Hill, the locale of Lowell Observatory.
Streets in the downtown region are laid out in a grid pattern, alongside to Route 66 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Line, running east west through the city.
180) joins with the Museum of Northern Arizona, Arizona Snowbowl, and Grand Canyon National Park.
Traveling east from downtown, Route 66 and the barns run in alongside toward East Flagstaff (and beyond), at the base of Mount Elden.
Much of Flagstaff's trade is positioned east of downtown, adjoining to the barns tracks, as well as in East Flagstaff.
Several suburbs are positioned close to Flagstaff along Interstates 40 and 17.
15 miles (24 km) to the east of Flagstaff is the town of Winona, mentioned in the famous song, Route 66.
Flagstaff has a rather dry semi-continental climate (Koppen Dsb/Csb). Flagstaff has five distinct seasons: a cold and snowy winter, with extended dry periods punctuated by deep snows about once every 3 4 weeks; a dry and windy spring with occasional snows; a very dry and hot early summer from May to early July; a wet and humid monsoon season from July to early September; and a dry and pleasant fall which lasts until the first snows in November.
Winter weather patterns in Flagstaff are cyclonic and frontal in nature, originating in the easterly Pacific Ocean.
Summer temperatures are moderate and high temperatures average around 82 F (27.8 C). Extreme temperatures range from 30 F ( 34.4 C) on January 22, 1937 up to 97 F (36.1 C) on July 5, 1973, in the order given. The weather in Flagstaff is generally sunny, with much more sunlight than other snowy metros/cities like New York City, Chicago, Boston and even Denver.
Flagstaff is the only town/city in Arizona never to have reported temperatures of 100 F (38 C) or higher. The annual snow flurry averages 100.3 inches (254.76 cm), placing Flagstaff among the snowiest incorporated metros/cities in the United States. Overall, the town/city features an average of 277 days without calculable rain each year.
Climate data for Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, Arizona (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1898 present) As a college town, Flagstaff's populace is considerably more educated than the U.S.
For 2012, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report pointed out for Flagstaff a rate of 262 cases of violent crime per 100,000 populace and 2,834 cases of property crime per 100,000 population. The Flagstaff Police Department and City Attorney aggressively enforced this law, which resulted in a First Amendment lawsuit filed on June 25, 2013.
BNSF train travels through downtown Flagstaff.
Some of the larger employers in Flagstaff are Northern Arizona University, the Flagstaff Medical Center, and the Flagstaff Unified School District.
Scientific and high tech research and evolution operations are positioned in the city, including the Lowell Observatory, Northern Arizona University, the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) and the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Flagstaff campus.
Major manufacturers in Flagstaff include W.
Walgreens directed a distribution center in the town/city until 2014. In July 2014, Walgreens announced that their Flagstaff distribution center would be method inside 9 months. Route 66, 89 and 89 - A adjoining to what was then Arizona State College (now Northern Arizona University).
The Orpheum Theater in downtown Flagstaff features a wide range of concerts and other performances.
The town/city is home to the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, which plays concerts from September through April at Ardrey Auditorium on the NAU campus. The town/city also attracts folk and intact acoustic musicians, and offers a several annual music celebrations amid the summer months, such as the Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music Festival, the Flagstaff Music Festival, and Pickin' in the Pines, a three-day bluegrass and acoustic music festival held at the Pine Mountain Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill Fairgrounds. Popular bands play throughout the year at the Orpheum Theater, and no-charge concerts are held amid the summer months at Heritage Square. The group recently moved into a new venue in 2002, the Doris-Harper White Community Playhouse, a downtown building which was assembled in 1923 as an Elks Lodge and later became the Flagstaff library. Since 1995, the Flagstaff Light Opera Company has performed a range of musical theatre and light opera productions throughout the year at the Sinagua High School auditorium. There are a several dance companies in Flagstaff, including Coconino Community College Dance Program, Northern Arizona Preparatory Company and Canyon Movement, which present periodic concerts and collaborate with the Flagstaff Symphony for no-charge concerts amid the summer and holiday seasons. The annual Northern Arizona Book Festival, held in the spring, brings together nationally known authors to read and display their works. The Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival is held every October, and features a range of autonomous films and documentaries focusing on extreme sports, surroundingal issues, and global topics.
The screenings are held at the Orpheum Theater in the historic downtown area. The summer months feature a several festivals, including Hopi and Navajo Festivals of Arts and Crafts, the Arizona Highland Celtic Festival, Pride in the Pines, and the Made in the Shade Beer Tasting Festival. For more than 20 years Flagstaff has hosted the 10-day Flagstaff Festival of Science in September.
Route 66, which originally ran between Chicago and Los Angeles, greatly increased the accessibility to the area, and enhanced the culture and tourism in Flagstaff. Route 66 remains a historic route, passing through the town/city between Barstow, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
However, from 1988 to 2012 (with the exception of the 2005 season, due to an outbreak of a flu-like virus), the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League held their summer training camp at Northern Arizona University The NAU training camp locale has been cited as one of the top five training camps in the NFL by Sports Illustrated.. The Cardinals left Flagstaff beginning in Summer 2013. Flagstaff has acquired a reputation as a magnet for outside enthusiasts, and the region's varied terrain, high elevation, and amenable weather attract campers, backpackers, climbers, recreation and elite runners, and mountain bikers from throughout the southwestern United States.
There are 679.2 acres (274.9 ha) of town/city parks in Flagstaff, the biggest of which are Thorpe Park and Buffalo Park.
Wheeler Park, positioned adjoining to town/city hall, is the locale of summer concerts and other affairs. The town/city maintains an extensive network of trails, the Flagstaff Urban Trails System, or "FUTS" includes more than 50 miles of paved and unpaved trails for hiking, running, and cycling.
Several primary river running operators are headquartered in Flagstaff, and the town/city serves as a base for Grand Canyon and Colorado River expeditions. Flagstaff's adjacency to Grand Canyon National Park, about 75 miles (121 km) north of the city, has made it a prominent tourist destination since the mid-19th century.
Flagstaff City Hall, bounded by Route 66, Humphreys Street, Aspen Avenue and Sitgreaves Avenue The town/city government is organized under a council-manager form of government. The current mayor of Flagstaff is Coral Evans, who was propel in November 2016, and the current town council consists of the mayor and six councilmembers: Jamie Whelan (vice mayor), Celia Barotz, Jim Mc - Carthy, Jeff Oravits, Charlie Odegard, and Eva Putzova. The city's current town/city manager is Kevin Burke. Regular meetings of the town/city council are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Flagstaff is the governmental center of county of Coconino County.
There are 19 enhance schools, with 11,500 students and 800 faculty and staff, in the Flagstaff Unified School District.
The 1999 National Science Teacher of the Year, David Thompson, teaches physics at Coconino High School. Three Arizona Teachers of the Year from 2001 through 2003 teach at Flagstaff High School. In addition to the various enhance schools, there are a several charter schools operating in the Flagstaff region including Flagstaff Junior Academy, Northland Preparatory Academy (ranked No.
52 in USA News's America's Top 100 Best High Schools), the Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy, Pine Forest Charter School, BASIS Flagstaff (ranked No.
2 in The Washington Post's America's Most Challenging High schools) and the Montessori Schools of Flagstaff.
Flagstaff is home to two establishments of higher education, Northern Arizona University (one of the three enhance state universities in Arizona) and Coconino Community College.
Flagstaff is at the northern end of Interstate 17, which runs 145 miles (233 km) south to Phoenix.
Butler Avenue joins I-40 with downtown Flagstaff, and the primary north south thoroughfare through town is Milton Road.
The primary rail corridor running through Flagstaff is the Southern Transcon, originally assembled by the Santa Fe Railway and now owned and directed by the BNSF Railway.
Passenger rail service is provided by Amtrak at the downtown station, connecting on east west routes to Los Angeles and Albuquerque via the Southwest Chief line. Amtrak also provides connecting Thruway Motorcoach service via Open Road Tours, which has an office inside the Flagstaff depot. Local bus service is provided throughout the town/city by the Mountain Line.
Air travel is available through Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (IATA: FLG, ICAO: KFLG, FAA LID: FLG), positioned just south of the city.
Flagstaff is fairly bike-friendly; there are bike lanes on many primary streets, and the Flagstaff Urban Trails System (FUTS) includes more than 50 miles of off-street trails that wind throughout the community. In 2006 Flagstaff was designated a Bicycle-Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. About nine percent of trips in Flagstaff are made by bicycle. Electricity generation in Flagstaff is provided by Arizona Public Service, an electric utility subsidiary directed by parent business Pinnacle West.
The major generating station near Flagstaff is the coal-fired, 995-MW Cholla Power Plant, near Holbrook, Arizona, which uses coal from the Mc - Kinley Mine in New Mexico.
Located near Page, Arizona is the coal-fired, 750-MW Navajo Power Plant, supplied by an electric barns that brings coal from a mine on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in northern Arizona. Flagstaff is also home to Arizona's first commercial solar power generating station, which was assembled in 1997 and provides 87 k - W of electricity.
Drinking water in Flagstaff is produced from conventional surface water treatment at the Lake Mary Water Treatment Plant, positioned on Upper Lake Mary, as well as from springs at the inner watershed of the San Francisco Peaks.
Groundwater from a several water wells positioned throughout the town/city and encircling area furnish additional sources of drinking water. Water and wastewater services are provided by the City of Flagstaff.
The city's major hospital is the 267 bed Flagstaff Medical Center, positioned on the north side of downtown Flagstaff.
The primary daily journal in Flagstaff is the Arizona Daily Sun.
Northern Arizona University's weekly journal The Lumberjack also covers Flagstaff news, while the other publications that serve the town/city include weeklies Flagstaff Live and the Navajo Hopi Observer, and monthlies Mountain Living Magazine and The Noise.
Flagstaff is encompassed in the Phoenix Designated market region (DMA), the 13th biggest in the U.S. Over-the-air tv service is provided mostly by low-powered repeaters of the Phoenix stations. There is one small-town broadcast tv station serving the city, KFPH-13 (Tele - Futura).
A small scene in Midnight Run was filmed in Flagstaff at the train depot, the town/city was also referenced in the film.
Several of the running scenes in Forrest Gump were filmed in and around the area, including a memorable scene where Forrest is seen jogging in downtown Flagstaff and gives inspiration to a bumper sticker designer ("Shit happens").
Parts of 2007 Academy Award winner Little Miss Sunshine were filmed at the junction of I-40 and I-17 in Flagstaff, and Terminal Velocity was partially filmed in the city. The Hotel Monte Vista in Flagstaff hosted many film stars amid this era, including Jane Russell, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, John Wayne, and Bing Crosby.
Grizzly Peak Films also filmed Sasquatch Mountain, a feature-length film for the Science Fiction Channel about a Yeti, in Flagstaff and close-by Williams. In December 2007, talk show hostess Ellen De - Generes chose Flagstaff as the winner of her show's, "Wish You Were Here", contest. Main article: List of citizens from Flagstaff, Arizona List of historic properties in Flagstaff, Arizona Railroad Addition Historic District (Flagstaff, Arizona) Official records for Flagstaff were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from 8 September 1898 to 11 January 1950, and at Pulliam Airport since 12 January 1950.
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