Constellation, 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 85390. It stands on Mahoney Wash. The Survey maps it on the Morgan Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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 Congress quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1969 USGS Morgan Butte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Constellation between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,465 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 12,252 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | CONSTELLATION |
| 20 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | CONSTELLATION ASSIST |
| 30 July 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | TOWERS |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | 200 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CONSTELLATION |
| 28 June 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 28 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | SHAFT |
| 25 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | SLIM |
| 6 February 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | 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 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Constellation: 25 past producers, 23 prospects, 18 occurrences, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Copper, Gold, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Lincoln | Copper, Calcium, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Abe Lincoln Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Black Butte | Lead, Silver, Chromium, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Black Rock | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Producer | 1902, 1940, 1941 | |
| Blue Rock | Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Born | Copper, Iron, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Brundage | Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Buckhorn Drumm Group | Copper, Gold, Iron, Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Buckhorn Group | Gold, Copper, Silica | Occurrence | Quartz |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Constellation in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Constellation | - | Heavy rain fell across the lower elevations of Yavapai County. A public report of 0.93 inches of rain was received in the McGuireville area by 800 AM on Tuesday (December 24) morning. Rain continued to fall in that area through Christmas Day. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Constellation | - | Flash flooding closed two roads in southern Yavapai County just north of Wickenburg. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Constellation | - | A spotter reported a peak wind gust of 72 MPH at 734 PM MST. A one foot diameter/35 foot tall tree was blown down and a garage door was damaged by the wind. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Constellation | - | Portions of Rincon Road were closed along Martinez Wash due to flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Copperopolis | 6.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lehman Mill | 6.7 miles | 30 | |
| Octave | 7.9 miles | 31 | |
| Big Reef Mill | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Mill | 8.6 miles | 31 | |
| Paxton Place | 9.1 miles | 30 | |
| Stanton | 10.5 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 42812. 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.














