Copper Creek, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85618. It lies near Saloon Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,983 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1938 USGS Klondyke quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Klondyke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Klondyke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Oak Grove Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Oak Grove Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Copper Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,618 acres in total. 20 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | 30 acres | Gila District Office | NORTHFORK |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | 713 acres | Gila District Office | SOMBRERO |
| 3 August 2020 | Natural | 60 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | TABLE |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 71 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | SIXTYSIX PEAK |
| 2 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 360 acres | Gila District Office | CHIMNEY |
| 4 July 2014 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BUNKER |
| 4 July 2014 | Natural | 6.1 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MERCER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Copper Creek: 35 occurrences, 17 past producers, 11 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Blue Bird Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Iron | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Bluebird | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebird Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Bunker Hill South-Adits | Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Childs-Aldwinkle Mine | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1883, 1890 | |
| Clark Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | 1905, 1934 | |
| Copper Creek District | Gemstone, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Copper Giant Mine | Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Wolframite | |
| Copper Prince Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1907 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copper Creek in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | Horse Camp RAWS measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | The Horse Camp RAWS measured a wind gust of 65 mph. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | Horse Camp RAWS recorded wind gust of 61 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | Horse Camp RAWS recorded a 58 mph wind gust. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | A 69 mph gust occurred at the Horse Camp RAWS. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was recorded by the Horse Camp RAWS station. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copper Creek | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph was measured at Horse Camp Canyon RAWS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sombrero Butte | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Blake Place | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Parsons Grove | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Mammoth | 8.9 miles | 25 | |
| North Mammoth | 9.1 miles | 25 | |
| Hortons Place | 10.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tiger | 11.3 miles | 25 | |
| Fordville | 12.0 miles | 25 |
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 Copper Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5168722 | 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 24379. 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.










