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Centerville, Arizona

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mingus Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86324. It lies near Deception Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Clarkdale quadrangle.

Centerville within Yavapai County

On record in Centerville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined211
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestOXBOW
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office12-0002075
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office12-0002007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 34 past producers, 19 producers, 15 prospects, 9 occurrences. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clarkdale Cement Plant Limestone QuarryCement Rock, Limestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Clarkdale Clay QuarryBrick Clay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Copper Chief MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1901, 1948
Copper Chief MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Green Monster MineGold, Copper, SilverProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
Iron KingSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Jerome Slag DumpCopper, IronUnknown
Mccarthy ClayClayOccurrence
QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
SheaSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer

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
Clarkdale0.8 miles30
Tapco2.5 miles30
Clemenceau2.5 miles29
Cottonwood2.9 miles29
Jerome3.1 miles29
Smelter City3.5 miles21
Bridgeport4.1 miles21
Verde Village4.2 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27468. 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.