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Arcosanti, Arizona

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cordes Lakes-Mayer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86333. It stands on Little Ash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cordes Junction quadrangle.

Arcosanti within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 2018

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Structure at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert
Structure at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
The Arcosanti Apse, a semi-dome at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert. The apse is designed to shelter the community's casting of bronze bells whose sales support the community
The Arcosanti Apse, a semi-dome at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert. The apse is designed to shelter the community's casting of bronze bells whose sales support the community
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Wall of the Arcosanti Apse, a semi-dome at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert. The apse is designed to shelter the community's casting of bronze bells whose sales support the community
Wall of the Arcosanti Apse, a semi-dome at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert. The apse is designed to shelter the community's casting of bronze bells whose sales support the community
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Structure at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert
Structure at Arcosanti, a tiny settlement founded as an experimental of the future in Yavapai County, Arizona's, high desert
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Arcosanti between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,902 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined157
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural13
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Firearms and explosives use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeHORSESHOE
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE 2
17 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMayer Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMayer Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBASIN
10 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCORDES JUNCTION
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District Office258

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Arcosanti: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cordes Custom Milling FacilityCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Iowa GroupCopper, Silica, Gold, SilverPast Producer
John HenryCopper, SilverPast Producer
John Henry MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1942
Mc Mahon & Victory ClaimsCopper, LeadOccurrenceChrysocolla, Malachite
Rainey PropertyGoldProspect
Burmister MineManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Burmister MineManganesePast Producer1952
Ferguson GroupCopperPast Producer
Victory ManganeseManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cordes Junction1.3 miles30
Cordes Lakes2.4 miles30
Spring Valley3.1 miles30
Cordes4.4 miles30
Ocotillo5.5 miles30
Dugas6.6 miles23
Mayer8.1 miles29
Cleator8.3 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 38221. 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.