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Cedar Mill, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cordes Lakes-Mayer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86322. It lies near Reimer Peak. The Survey maps it on the Arnold Mesa quadrangle.

Cedar Mill within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,272 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined58
Equipment and vehicle use46
Natural17
Smoking6
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestCEDAR
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestOJ
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestTOP
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestBLISS
16 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.9 acresPrescott National ForestGOVERNMENT
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSEPTEMBER
9 August 2002Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeOSBORNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Mill: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
EscondidoGoldOccurrence
Wire Gold M S 2928, PatentedGoldUnknown

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
Flower Pot2.6 miles21
Arnold Place4.3 miles22
Dugas7.7 miles23
Hecla8.0 miles28
Cherry8.4 miles28
Jordan Meadows8.4 miles21
Wingfield8.5 miles21
Fort Verde Estates8.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27426. 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.