BlockBig Reef Mill, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85342. It lies near White Picacho. The Survey maps it on the Garfias Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Garfias Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Big Reef Mill between 1995 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | RED |
| 4 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Circle City-Morristown Fire Department | not named |
| 11 December 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SALVATION |
| 27 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | WASP |
| 27 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Circle City-Morristown Fire Department | not named |
| 13 January 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Big Reef Mill: 29 prospects, 21 occurrences, 18 past producers, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Mica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Mine | Bismuth, Feldspar | Past Producer | Feldspar | |
| Black Butte Prospect | Tungsten, Manganese | Occurrence | Hollandite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Scheelite | |
| Black Mountain | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Buckeye Claim | Tungsten, Semiprecious Gemstone, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Buckhorn | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Buena Vista | Tungsten, Feldspar, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Feldspar, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Climax Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Beryllium | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Daniel Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Four C&S No1-31 | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Duck 1-8 Claims | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Chrysocolla, Torbernite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs | 6.6 miles | 30 | |
| Castle Hot Springs | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Rosa | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Copperopolis | 8.0 miles | 30 | |
| Constellation | 8.5 miles | 31 | |
| Lehman Mill | 9.1 miles | 30 | |
| Columbia | 10.4 miles | 31 | |
| Humbug | 10.6 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24321. 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.