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Beaver Valley Estates, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It lies near Little Diamond Rim. The Survey maps it on the Payson North quadrangle.

Beaver Valley Estates within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

332 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Valley Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. 177 started naturally. 12 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
Natural177
Recreation and ceremony55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestMAYFIELD
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCAVE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestVERDE
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTonto National ForestBON
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestSHADOW
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestGUIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Valley Estates: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Silver, Silver, 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
Grand Prize MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1885, 1956
Luper ClaimsSilver, LeadProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Wonder Valley1.3 miles23
Freedom Acres1.3 miles23
Flowing Springs2.5 miles23
Whispering Pines2.5 miles23
Mesa del Caballo3.5 miles23
Geronimo Estates3.9 miles23
Verde Glen4.4 miles23
Bonita Creek Estates4.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40826. 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.