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Clemenceau, Arizona

29 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 86326. It stands on Blowout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottonwood quadrangle. It stands 3,471 feet above sea level.

Clemenceau within Yavapai County

On record in Clemenceau

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

301 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Clemenceau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined250
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning9
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestOXBOW
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office12-0002075
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Clemenceau: 17 past producers, 9 producers, 8 prospects, 5 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, 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
Copper Chief MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1901, 1948
Copper Chief MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Green Monster GroupCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Green Monster MineGold, Copper, SilverProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
Iron KingSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Jerome Slag DumpCopper, IronUnknown
Mccarthy ClayClayOccurrence
SheaSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Shea MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, ArsenicPast Producer1918, 1941
Sullivan-Burke PropertyIronProspect

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clemenceau in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2023Heavy RainClemenceau-An inch of rain fell in the Cottonwood area.
August 2022Flash FloodClemenceau-Heavy rain caused flooding at Fir Street and Monte Tesoro Drive. The water covered the road one to two feet deep.
July 2021Flash FloodClemenceau-Some roads in Cottonwood were impassable with flowing water.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindClemenceau-A trained spotter reported strong winds, nickel sized (0.88 inch) hail, and heavy rain.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindClemenceau-High winds blew through the central portion of the city with downed trees and downed power lines.
September 2011Flash FloodClemenceau-Law Enforcement officials reported flooding on Zalesky Road.
October 2010HailClemenceau-One inch diameter hail fell in Cottonwood.
May 2009HailClemenceau-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported in Cottonwood.
July 2007FloodClemenceau-The intersection of 6th and Cyprus Roads was flooded. A spotter recorded 0.75 inches of rain in 30 minutes near the intersection.
July 2007FloodClemenceau-Several homes flooded from Verde Village to Cottonwood.

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
Cottonwood1.0 miles29
Verde Village1.7 miles29
Smelter City1.7 miles21
Bridgeport1.7 miles21
Verde2.0 miles21
Centerville2.5 miles30
Clarkdale3.2 miles30
Tapco4.5 miles30

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 ClemenceauAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2978868The 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 42736. 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.