BlockApron Crossing, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86321. It stands on Quail Spring Wash. The Survey maps it on the Malpais Mesa NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1923 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Malpais Mesa NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Alamo Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Apron Crossing between 1993 and 2011, burning about 32,130 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Natural | 2.8 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | KIRKLAND |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | 32,126 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SH RANCH COMPLEX |
| 27 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 February 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 19 October 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BURNTWELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Apron Crossing: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Crosby | Gold, Lead | Plant | ||
| Crosby Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1901, 1948 | |
| Hayes | Silver, Iron, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Meershaum | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Meershaum | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Sandpit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Santa Maria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mars Patent | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Yava | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bagdad | 10.7 miles | 22 | |
| Grand View | 12.7 miles | 25 | |
| Date | 13.5 miles | 25 | |
| Wood Trap | 15.7 miles | 26 | |
| Willow Spring | 16.2 miles | 26 | |
| Hawkins | 16.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24306. 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.
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.