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Breezy Pines, Arizona

33 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 86333. It lies near Eugene Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Poland Junction quadrangle. It stands 5,945 feet above sea level.

Breezy Pines within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Breezy Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 145 started naturally. 3 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
Natural145
Recreation and ceremony45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBANNIE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSHORT
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestPATCH
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCORLEY
23 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSAWMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 198 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 198 workings within 5 miles of Breezy Pines: 83 past producers, 53 producers, 38 prospects, 15 unknowns. 54 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, 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
AlligatorZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Alturas MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducer1924, 1945
Arizona Victory CopperCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Black Diamond MineLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1910, 1919
Butternut MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, ArsenicProducer1902, 1946
CaliforniaGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
CashGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Quartz, ZincPast Producer
Cash MineLead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerVein
Champion MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincProducer1916, 1946
Champion Patent M S 1314Lead, Zinc, SilverProspect

Every working 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
Walker1.7 miles31
Potato Patch3.2 miles31
Venezia4.6 miles31
Poland Junction4.6 miles33
Groom Creek4.8 miles31
Dandrea5.3 miles32
Goodwin5.9 miles32
Blue Hills Farms6.4 miles30

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 Breezy PinesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28125926The 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 41088. 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.