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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 32 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.
- 1886 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1939 USGS Chloride quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Chloride quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1944 USGS Chloride quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Cerbat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BOMOA |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Phoenix District Office | PROSPECTOR |
| 2 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Colorado River District | SACRAMENTO |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | 13 MILE WASH |
| 8 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | CHAMPION |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | ALERT |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | SOHI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 179 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Group | Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Ark Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Iron | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Aztec Prospect | Gemstone, Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Banner Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1905, 1952 | |
| Banner Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite | Producer | ||
| Blackfoot | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebell Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Booby & Mohawk Group | Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite | Unknown | ||
| Bunker Hill | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver | Unknown | ||
| C.O.D. Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1878, 1885, 1974 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton | 2.7 miles | 34 | |
| Santa Claus | 4.7 miles | 32 | |
| Golden Valley | 7.1 miles | 27 | |
| New Kingman | 7.4 miles | 34 | |
| Chloride | 8.3 miles | 32 | |
| Butler | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hilltop | 8.9 miles | 27 | |
| Grasshopper Junction | 9.1 miles | 27 |
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 Cerbat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5063896 | The 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.













