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Barkerville, Arizona

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85132. It lies near Cottonwood Hill. The Survey maps it on the Black Mountain quadrangle.

Barkerville within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Barkerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,617 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 August 1995Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 August 1995Natural2,700 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBLACK HILL
3 August 1994Arson/incendiarism30 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 1994Arson/incendiarism15 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 July 2001Natural2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeHAYSTACK
14 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBLACK MOUNTAIN
12 July 1995Natural120 acresGila District OfficeCLIFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Barkerville: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Copper, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz. 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
B M GroupMicaProspect
Bm GroupFeldspar, Mica, QuartzOccurrenceFeldspar, Mica, Quartz
Grand PrizeGoldPast Producer
Grand Prize MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1931, 1954
Mines Holding Company ClaimsGold, Silver, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Tungsten PropertyLead, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed DepositTungsten, Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, CopperPast ProducerPowellite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Upshaw Tungsten Mines GroupGold, Molybdenum, TungstenOccurrence1925
Bee GroupCopperOccurrenceVein
Powder Box 1CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Oak Wells3.0 miles25
Dudleyville13.1 miles23
Hayden Junction14.1 miles16
Branaman15.3 miles16
Kearny15.7 miles16
Fordville15.9 miles25
Tiger16.4 miles25
North Mammoth17.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24316. 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.