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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1887 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:63360
- 1949 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cleator quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | ARP |
| 17 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | DOUBLE 2 |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TOWNSEND |
| 31 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | SNAKE |
| 24 August 2019 | Natural | 14 acres | Prescott National Forest | BRADY |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | CORRAL TWO |
| 2 August 2015 | Natural | 4,336 acres | Prescott National Forest | SA HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 95 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bi-Metals Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1897, 1908, 1961 | |
| Bill Arp Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold | Producer | 1919, 1920, 1925 | |
| Bimetals | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bell Magnetite-Hematite | Iron, Manganese, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Bell Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1895, 1896, 1959 | |
| Blue Bell Mine and Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Brooks Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1877, 1915, 1922 | |
| De Soto | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| De Soto Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1890, 1972 | |
| Feldspar 1, 2, 3 and 4 | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Cleator | - | Black Canyon Creek near Cleator rose to 2.92 feet (1026 CFS). |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Cleator | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Rock Canyon Creek where the water rose 3.5 feet. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Cleator | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordes | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Spring Valley | 6.0 miles | 30 | |
| Ocotillo | 6.1 miles | 30 | |
| Bumble Bee | 6.8 miles | 31 | |
| Cordes Junction | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Cordes Lakes | 7.1 miles | 30 | |
| Crown King | 7.5 miles | 31 | |
| Hooper | 8.0 miles | 32 |
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 Cleator | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2978769 | 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 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.













