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Cerbat, Arizona

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86413. It lies near Charcoal Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cerbat quadrangle. It stands 3,865 feet above sea level.

Cerbat within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Cerbat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. 29 started naturally. None 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/undetermined37
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use2

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBOMOA
9 September 1998Natural15 acresPhoenix District OfficePROSPECTOR
2 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresColorado River DistrictSACRAMENTO
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River District13 MILE WASH
8 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictCHAMPION
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeALERT
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictSOHI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 179 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 179 workings within 5 miles of Cerbat: 94 past producers, 37 occurrences, 28 unknowns, 11 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold, 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
Alexander GroupGold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Ark MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, IronPast ProducerVein
Aztec ProspectGemstone, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Banner MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1905, 1952
Banner MineGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-PyriteProducer
BlackfootGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Bluebell MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincUnknown
Booby & Mohawk GroupGold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-PyriteUnknown
Bunker HillCopper, Gold, Iron, SilverUnknown
C.O.D. MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1878, 1885, 1974

Every working recorded in Mohave 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
Stockton2.7 miles34
Santa Claus4.7 miles32
Golden Valley7.1 miles27
New Kingman7.4 miles34
Chloride8.3 miles32
Butler8.9 miles20
Hilltop8.9 miles27
Grasshopper Junction9.1 miles27

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 CerbatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5063896The 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 24353. 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.