Castle Hot Springs, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85342. It lies near Salvation Peak. The Survey maps it on the Governors Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Governors Peak quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
8 of 12 photographs shown, 2019Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2019. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Yavapai County
Fires near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Castle Hot Springs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Phoenix District Office | CASTLE |
| 25 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COW CREEK |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | COLUMBIA |
| 24 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | CASTLE CREEK |
| 24 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | TAC2 |
| 24 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | BEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Castle Hot Springs: 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silica, Quartz, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnbrite Silver | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Castle Hot Springs | Silica, Quartz | Past Producer | Chalcedony | |
| Castle Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Columbia Mine | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Great Cross Cut Claims | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Great Cross Cut Prospect | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1872, 1875, 1940 | |
| Sheep Mountain | Molybdenum, Copper | Prospect | 1900 | |
| Southwest Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Black Buck Group | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Black Buck Prospect | Manganese | Producer | Surface/Underground |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Hot Springs in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Castle Hot Springs | - | Walnut-size hail covered the ground during a severe thunderstorm. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Rosa | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia | 4.4 miles | 31 | |
| Humbug | 5.3 miles | 31 | |
| Big Reef Mill | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tip Top (historical) | 7.6 miles | 28 | |
| Briggs | 8.1 miles | 30 | |
| Copperopolis | 8.9 miles | 30 | |
| Packer | 9.3 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2533. 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.







