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Copperopolis, Arizona

30 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 86332. It lies near Lehman Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Copperopolis quadrangle.

Copperopolis within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Copperopolis between 1993 and 2020, burning about 13,043 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined95 acresPhoenix District OfficeCOPPER
7 August 1993Natural1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeDEEM
26 August 2020Natural10 acresPhoenix District OfficeCROWN POINT
20 August 2020Natural12,252 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictCONSTELLATION
31 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePICKMUP
1 July 2006Natural4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeFRENCH CREEK
7 June 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeLOUSY
29 June 1994Natural500 acresPhoenix District OfficeRYLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Copperopolis: 22 prospects, 20 past producers, 9 producers, 9 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Copper, Gold, 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
Abe LincolnCopper, Calcium, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumPast Producer
Abe Lincoln MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Arizona Standard Mining and Mill CoCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer
B O Beryl ClaimsBerylliumProspect
Black Butte ProspectTungsten, ManganeseOccurrenceHollandite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Scheelite
BuckhornSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Bunker Hill MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Vanadium, MolybdenumProducer1870, 1933, 1935
Champie MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldProducer1937, 1965
Cooper RutileStone, DimensionProspect
CopperopolisSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldPast Producer

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
Lehman Mill1.1 miles30
Briggs1.4 miles30
Constellation6.1 miles31
Chilean Mill6.4 miles30
Paxton Place6.4 miles30
Minnehaha6.6 miles30
Burro John6.7 miles31
Fort Misery6.9 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24380. 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.