BlockButler, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86409. The Survey maps it on the Kingman Airport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Diamond Creek quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Diamond Creek quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kingman Airport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
449 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 449 fires within 5 miles of Butler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,800 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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 | 394 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1 | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1 | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1 | NOT NAMED |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1 | NOT NAMED |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1 | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kingman Fire Department | 187097 |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kingman Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Butler: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Feldspar, Quartz, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Silica. 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 Minerals | Feldspar, Silica | Producer | ||
| Kingman Feldspar Mines | Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum | Past Producer | Allanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Microcline | |
| Screening Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silica Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Taylor Mine | Feldspar, Silica | Producer | ||
| Cinco De Maya | Feldspar, Quartz | Occurrence | Feldspar, Quartz | |
| Taylor Mine | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1923 | |
| Cinco De Mayo | Feldspar | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413617. 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.