Blue Hills Farms, Arizona
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86327. It lies near Charcoal Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Prescott Valley South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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
- 1947 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:63360, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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 Prescott Valley South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
199 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Blue Hills Farms between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 25 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/undetermined | 127 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BANNIE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110331 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | DEWEY |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | CORLEY |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-121578 |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110352 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 96 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 96 workings within 5 miles of Blue Hills Farms: 34 past producers, 25 prospects, 15 producers, 12 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona National | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bannie | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Big Bug District | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| California | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dewey Ranch Clay No. 1 | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Dividend | Gold, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Florence | Antimony, Arsenic, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Florence | Antimony, Arsenic, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gladstone-Mccabe Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Silica, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur | Producer | 1885 | |
| Henrietta | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey-Humboldt | 2.9 miles | 27 | |
| Dewey | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Humboldt | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Poland Junction | 5.0 miles | 33 | |
| Diamond Valley | 5.3 miles | 30 | |
| Yavapai Hills | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Castle Canyon Mesa | 5.8 miles | 30 | |
| Walker | 6.2 miles | 31 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547134 | The 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 38260. 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.













