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Columbia, Arizona

31 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 85342. It lies near Rockwall Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.

Columbia within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Columbia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,647 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives 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
3 September 1996Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
25 August 1993Natural15 acresPhoenix District OfficeLAKE 2
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeHORSESHOE BAR
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictLUCKY
29 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresPhoenix District OfficeCASTLE
28 July 1995Natural80 acresPhoenix District OfficeSILVER
22 July 2006Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOW CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Columbia: 20 prospects, 18 past producers, 17 producers, 4 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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
AcquisitionGold, Lead, SilverProspect
Acquisition MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1913, 1938
Arizona Black DonkeyUraniumProspect
Blue Bird GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect
Castle Hot SpringsSilica, QuartzPast ProducerChalcedony
Castle Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Columbia MineGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
El Pero Bonito MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1875, 1910, 1927
Foy GroupLead, Tungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Golden Anchor MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1948, 1953

Every working 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
Humbug1.6 miles31
Tip Top (historical)3.6 miles28
Castle Hot Springs4.4 miles18
Packer5.0 miles31
Casa Rosa6.1 miles18
Burro John7.2 miles31
Gillette7.9 miles28
Fort Misery7.9 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24376. 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.