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Camp Creek, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto National Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85262. It lies near Sycamore Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Humboldt Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,392 feet above sea level.

Camp Creek within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Camp Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 281,120 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 5 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
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
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBUCK
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTonto National ForestHORSESHOE
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14,476 acresTonto National ForestSEARS
24 September 2016Fireworks26 acresTonto National ForestROVER
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
6 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTonto National ForestWILDCAT

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Camp Creek: 6 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
AmethystFluorine-Fluorite, QuartzProspect
Arizona White Eagle Stucco Co. Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Big SixGold, Silver, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Big Spar MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Camp CreekSilica, Semiprecious GemstonePast Producer
El PasoGold, Silver, Beryllium, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer
ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Manley Bickle GroupFeldspar, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFeldspar, Fluorite
Manley Bickle GroupUranium, Calcium, Feldspar, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Portmanteau MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1920, 1937

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Carefree8.2 miles20
Cave Creek8.9 miles20
Road Junction Windmill10.0 miles23
Carefree Foothills10.5 miles20
Dove Valley Ranch11.6 miles20
Sincuidados11.6 miles20
Dixileta Verde12.0 miles20
Lone Mountain Ranch12.3 miles20

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 Camp CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28220378The 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 27200. 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.