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Cherry, Arizona

28 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 86327. The Survey maps it on the Cherry quadrangle.

Cherry within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Cherry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
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
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestRACETACK
5 August 2001Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestPINTO
23 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBOULDER
9 July 1992Natural1.5 acresPrescott National Forestnot named
4 July 1994Naturalunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
3 July 2002Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestGRAY WOLF
29 July 2005Natural3.0 acresPrescott National ForestBUCKBED
15 July 2005Natural4.0 acresPrescott National ForestBOULDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Cherry: 24 past producers, 23 producers, 15 prospects, 9 occurrences. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Ann CGold, IronProspect
Black ChiefCopper, Iron, Manganese, Silica, TitaniumPast Producer
Black Hawk MineGold, Copper, Silver, MolybdenumProducer1935, 1942
Cash ReserveManganese, Iron, Sulfur, Titanium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaProspect
ClimaxGold, GraphiteProspect
Etta Patent M S 833Gold, Copper, QuartzPast Producer
Etta MineSilver, Gold, QuartzProducer1908, 1913
Godac GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Gold CoinSilver, Gold, Iron, Manganese, CopperPast Producer
Gold Coin MineGold, Lead, Silver, CopperProducer1931, 1941

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001FloodCherry-no account filed

Every storm 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
Hecla5.5 miles28
Flower Pot7.0 miles21
Aultman7.0 miles21
Bignotti7.8 miles21
Middle Verde8.3 miles21
Cedar Mill8.4 miles22
Verde Village8.6 miles29
Verde River Meadows One9.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27538. 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.