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Castle Canyon Mesa, 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 86314. It stands on Alberson Wash. The Survey maps it on the Prescott Valley South quadrangle. It stands 5,180 feet above sea level.

Castle Canyon Mesa within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Castle Canyon Mesa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 884 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined227
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110331
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical Authoritynot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical Authority10128
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Castle Canyon Mesa: 15 past producers, 5 producers, 4 unknowns, 4 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Bullwhacker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProducer1878, 1879, 1936
Craigs QuarriesStone, Dimension, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Craigs QuarriesPumiceProducer
Double L LodeGold, SilverProspect
Nugget PatchGold, IronProspect
Oblong MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducer1937, 1938
Unidentified Granite QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerGranite
Gold Coin GroupLead, GoldProspect
JokerSilverPast Producer
Prescott V S 19LeadUnknown

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
Diamond Valley1.9 miles30
Yavapai Hills2.5 miles30
Prescott Valley2.5 miles30
Entro2.8 miles30
P and E Junction2.8 miles30
Granite Dells3.2 miles30
Whipple5.5 miles30
Fort Whipple5.7 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.

Wikidata item Q28220505The 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 38322. 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.