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Black Canyon City, Arizona

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85324. It stands on Black Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Canyon City quadrangle. 2,677 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,001 feet above sea level.

Black Canyon City within Yavapai County

On record in Black Canyon City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Black Canyon City fell from 2,697 to 2,677 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20002,697
20102,837+140 (+5%)
20202,677-160 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Black Canyon City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,549 acres in total. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined110
Equipment and vehicle use55
Natural16
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeSOAP
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeROCK
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeMAGGIE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBEE
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeMINE
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeMOORE GULCH
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use12 acresPhoenix District OfficeKINGS TWO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Black Canyon City: 15 prospects, 8 past producers, 6 unknowns, 4 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Mica, Gold, Silver. 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
F and M ClaimsManganesePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
KayCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1910
Kay Copper MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1910, 1966
MaggieGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Mica MuleGold, MicaPast ProducerMuscovite
Miller 1 and 2Silver, GoldProspect
Renfro Antimony ProspectAntimonyOccurrenceVein
Sepiolite OccurrenceClay, MagnesiteOccurrence
White Shale 1-8StoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Canyon City in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2013: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBlack Canyon City1 hurtFour house trailers were pushed off their foundations and one was overturnedin the Black Canyon City area. One person was injured. There were also several traffic accidents reported on nearby I-17.
January 2013Heavy RainBlack Canyon City-Heavy rain fell across Yavapai County. Some of the rainfall amounts (in inches) include: Crown King 3.60, Humbug Creek 3.23, Sedona Airport 2.77, Sunset Point 2.48, 5 miles northwest of Prescott 2.24, Cottonwood/Tuzigoot 1.36, and Prescott Airport 1.82.
December 2007Heavy RainBlack Canyon City-Heavy rain fell across Yavapai County through the day. Some rainfall amounts include: Prescott Airport 0.65, Cherry RAWS 1.58, Crown King RAWS 3.78, Sunset Point RAWS 2.25, and Humbug Creek RAWS 1.47. One home flooded in Crown King and a motor home was washed down Agua Fria River after the driver tried to cross the swollen river. Oak Creek flooded an RV park in Page Springs and trapped a woman in her RV. Verde Valley Fire Department safely preformed a swift water rescue.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBlack Canyon City-A thunderstorm with wind gusts between 55 and 60 MPH hit Black Canyon City. The thunderstorm knocked down a power pole.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBlack Canyon City-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 60 MPH (estimated) in Black Canyon City.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBlack Canyon City-Thunderstorms winds estimated at 50 to 60 MPH blew down power lines in Black Canyon City.
August 2006HailBlack Canyon City-One inch diameter hail fell in Black Canyon City.
August 2003HailBlack Canyon City-Baseball sized (2 3/4 inch diameter) hail was reported at Sunset Point Rest area 10 miles north of Black Canyon City. Hail caused damage to cars.
August 2000Flash FloodBlack Canyon City-A severe thunderstorm produce a flash flood in Agua Fria Wash and Squaw Creek down stream from Black Canyon City all the way to Lake Pleasant.
August 1998Flash FloodBlack Canyon City-The Yavapai County Emergency Services Manager reported that Black Canyon Creek was out of its banks and flooding low lying portions of Black Canyon City, including Marin Avenue. Doppler radar estimated 2.5 inches of rain fell in a one hour period across the upper basin area of Black Canyon Creek.
February 2005Heavy RainBlack Canyon City-no account filed
August 2001HailBlack Canyon City-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBlack Canyon City-no account filed
September 1999HailBlack Canyon City-no account filed
September 1996FloodBlack Canyon City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yavapai 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
Rock Springs1.5 miles28
Gillette3.6 miles28
Tip Top (historical)5.3 miles28
Packer6.6 miles31
South Fort8.1 miles31
East Fort8.5 miles31
Columbia8.8 miles31
Bumble Bee9.0 miles31

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Black Canyon CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q880153The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 26377. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.