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.
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.
UVX Smelter Operations Complexlisted 1986 · 0.0 miles away
Master Mechanic's Houselisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Superintendent's Residencelisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Smelter Machine Shoplisted 1986 · 0.2 miles away
Clemenceau Public Schoollisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Building at 826 North Main Streetlisted 1986 · 1.0 miles away- Strahan House0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 29 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
- 1905 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Mingus Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mingus Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Mingus Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1973 USGS Cottonwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
301 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 250 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | OXBOW |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Verde Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 12-0002075 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Verde Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Verde Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Chief Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1901, 1948 | |
| Copper Chief Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Green Monster Group | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Green Monster Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Iron King | Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Jerome Slag Dump | Copper, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Mccarthy Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Shea | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Shea Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1918, 1941 | |
| Sullivan-Burke Property | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Heavy Rain | Clemenceau | - | An inch of rain fell in the Cottonwood area. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Clemenceau | - | Heavy rain caused flooding at Fir Street and Monte Tesoro Drive. The water covered the road one to two feet deep. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Clemenceau | - | Some roads in Cottonwood were impassable with flowing water. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemenceau | - | A trained spotter reported strong winds, nickel sized (0.88 inch) hail, and heavy rain. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemenceau | - | High winds blew through the central portion of the city with downed trees and downed power lines. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Clemenceau | - | Law Enforcement officials reported flooding on Zalesky Road. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Clemenceau | - | One inch diameter hail fell in Cottonwood. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Clemenceau | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported in Cottonwood. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Clemenceau | - | The intersection of 6th and Cyprus Roads was flooded. A spotter recorded 0.75 inches of rain in 30 minutes near the intersection. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Clemenceau | - | Several homes flooded from Verde Village to Cottonwood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | 1.0 miles | 29 | |
| Verde Village | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Smelter City | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Bridgeport | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Verde | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Centerville | 2.5 miles | 30 | |
| Clarkdale | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Tapco | 4.5 miles | 30 |
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 Clemenceau | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2978868 | 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 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.













