BlockBear, Arizona
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mingus Mountain census division. It lies near Red Butte. The Survey maps it on the Perkinsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 29 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.
- 1887 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1905 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1948 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1973 USGS Perkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bear between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BEAR |
| 14 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | WITTY |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MC CANYON |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Prescott National Forest | VINEYARD |
| 7 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | JIMMY TANK |
| 29 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MARK |
| 28 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | not named |
| 25 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bear: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Copper, Vanadium, Lead, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hell Point 4 | Limestone, General, Vanadium, Lead, Calcium | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Hell Point 4 | Lead, Calcium, Tungsten, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Mc Canyon Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| United States | Silica, Copper, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| United States Mine | Silica, Copper | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Perkinsville | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Storey Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Storey Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40947. 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.