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Cleator, Arizona

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86333. It lies near Cedar Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cleator quadrangle. It stands 3,501 feet above sea level.

Cleator within Yavapai County

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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Cleator between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,990 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestARP
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE 2
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTOWNSEND
31 August 2006Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSNAKE
24 August 2019Natural14 acresPrescott National ForestBRADY
24 August 1993Naturalunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestCORRAL TWO
2 August 2015Natural4,336 acresPrescott National ForestSA HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Cleator: 33 past producers, 33 prospects, 16 producers, 9 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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
Bi-Metals MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1897, 1908, 1961
Bill Arp MineSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldProducer1919, 1920, 1925
BimetalsZinc, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Blue Bell Magnetite-HematiteIron, Manganese, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Blue Bell MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1895, 1896, 1959
Blue Bell Mine and QuarryStone, Dimension, Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, SilicaPast Producer
Brooks MineLead, Gold, Silver, Copper, ZincProducer1877, 1915, 1922
De SotoCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
De Soto MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, ArsenicPast Producer1890, 1972
Feldspar 1, 2, 3 and 4Feldspar, MicaProspect

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

3 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleator in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 3 flash 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
July 2023Flash FloodCleator-Black Canyon Creek near Cleator rose to 2.92 feet (1026 CFS).
August 2022Flash FloodCleator-Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Rock Canyon Creek where the water rose 3.5 feet.
August 2022Flash FloodCleator-Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Big Bug Creek. The water rose to the level of the bridge in Spring Valley. The water almost overtopped South Spring Lane at 635 PM. Photos on social media showed flooding in other areas of the community.

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
Cordes3.9 miles30
Spring Valley6.0 miles30
Ocotillo6.1 miles30
Bumble Bee6.8 miles31
Cordes Junction7.0 miles30
Cordes Lakes7.1 miles30
Crown King7.5 miles31
Hooper8.0 miles32

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 CleatorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2978769The 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 27704. 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.