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Bumble Bee, Arizona

31 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 86333. It lies near Mexican Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bumble Bee quadrangle.

Bumble Bee within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

334 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Bumble Bee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,472 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined146
Equipment and vehicle use133
Natural28
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism6
Firearms and explosives use2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficePOINT 2
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBUMBLE
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeCACTUS
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeLABOR DAY
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCALVARY CHAPEL
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestARP
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeI 17 MM 251
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeCACTUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Bumble Bee: 18 prospects, 14 past producers, 11 producers, 8 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, 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
Bill Arp MineSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldProducer1919, 1920, 1925
Black Canyon OccurrenceIronOccurrenceHematite, Magnetite
Brooks MineLead, Gold, Silver, Copper, ZincProducer1877, 1915, 1922
H.S. Tungsten MineTungsten, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerScheelite
Hidden TreasureGold, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Hidden Treasure MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1925
Howard SilverLead, Silver, Tungsten, Iron, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Irle ClaimsCopper, Gold, Lead, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Irle ClaimsLead, Copper, Silver, Barium-BariteProspect
Mar-Vey ProspectsCopper, IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

15 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bumble Bee in 15 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 5 heavy rain, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
January 2010FloodBumble Bee$500,000Heavy rain and melting snow caused major flooding in Black Canyon City. Evacuations orders were issued for communities along the Agua Fria River and Black Canyon Creek. One trailer park had damage to all 50 trailers.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBumble Bee$40,000The Sunset Point RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 72 miles per hour at 553 PM MST. There was a tractor trailer crash (due to winds) about 40 minutes before that. Radar and the crash suggest that the strongest winds may have been around 511 PM.
August 2020Heavy RainBumble Bee-Heavy rain caused boulders to fall across Interstate 17 four miles south of Bumble Bee.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBumble Bee-A Mesonet weather station at Sunset Point measured a peak wind gust of 61 MPH.
October 2018Flash FloodBumble Bee-Heavy rain caused a 6.4 foot rise on the normally dry Agua Fria River northeast of Black Canyon City.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBumble Bee-A peak wind gust of 70 MPH was observed at the Sunset Point RAWS. The time was estimated.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBumble Bee-The RAWS at Humbug Creek reported a peak wind gust of 75 MPH around 648 PM MST. The Yarnell RAWS reported a peak wind gust of 52 MPH (0701 PM). The Sunset Point RAWS reported a peak wind gust of 56 MPH (553 PM).
August 2014Heavy RainBumble Bee-Heavy rain fell along Interstate 17 between the Sunset Point Rest Area and Black Canyon City.
August 2014Flash FloodBumble Bee-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding along Interstate 17 between Sunset Point Rest Area and Black Canyon City.
July 2012Heavy RainBumble Bee-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm washed debris across Interstate 17. The water and debris were about four inches deep. The road was closed after several vehicles punctured tires on the debris. The road opened after the flow stopped and the roadway was cleared.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBumble Bee-A RAWS at Sunset Point measured a 67 MPH thunderstorm wind gust. A truck was blown over on Interstate 17 about 4 miles north of the Sunset Point Rest Area.
January 2010Heavy RainBumble Bee-A strong winter storm produced 6.57 inches of precipitation in 24 hours at the Sunset Point RAWS.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Bumble Bee-A 50-yard wide tornado was observed in grassland east of Interstate 17. Dissipated shortly afterward.
July 2006Tornado (F0)Bumble Bee-A tornado crossed I-17 about one mile north of Sunset Point Rest Area. This area is mostly grassland and there were no reports of damage.
September 2005Heavy RainBumble Bee-Heavy rain over the Cave Creek Complex burned (east of Bumble Bee) area caused flooding downstream. A river gage in Maricopa County (in WFO Phoenix's CWA) showed more than an eight foot rise in New River.

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
East Fort6.0 miles31
Cleator6.8 miles30
Cordes7.1 miles30
South Fort7.1 miles31
Cordes Lakes7.8 miles30
Black Canyon City9.0 miles28
Cordes Junction9.2 miles30
Packer9.4 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27000. 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.