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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Black Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Black Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 August 1995 | Natural | 2,700 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BLACK HILL |
| 3 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 2 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 July 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HAYSTACK |
| 14 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 12 July 1995 | Natural | 120 acres | Gila District Office | CLIFF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B M Group | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Bm Group | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Occurrence | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | |
| Grand Prize | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Prize Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1931, 1954 | |
| Mines Holding Company Claims | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Tungsten Property | Lead, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Tungsten, Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | Powellite, Scheelite, Wolframite | |
| Upshaw Tungsten Mines Group | Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | 1925 | |
| Bee Group | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Powder Box 1 | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Wells | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Dudleyville | 13.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hayden Junction | 14.1 miles | 16 | |
| Branaman | 15.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kearny | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fordville | 15.9 miles | 25 | |
| Tiger | 16.4 miles | 25 | |
| North Mammoth | 17.2 miles | 25 |
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.











