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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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 Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:63360, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Crown King 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
- 1969 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 acres | Phoenix District Office | COPPER |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | DEEM |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | CROWN POINT |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 12,252 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | CONSTELLATION |
| 31 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PICKMUP |
| 1 July 2006 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FRENCH CREEK |
| 7 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | LOUSY |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 500 acres | Phoenix District Office | RYLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 66 shownRegional 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 | 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 | |
| Arizona Standard Mining and Mill Co | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| B O Beryl Claims | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Black Butte Prospect | Tungsten, Manganese | Occurrence | Hollandite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Scheelite | |
| Buckhorn | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Producer | 1870, 1933, 1935 | |
| Champie Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1937, 1965 | |
| Cooper Rutile | Stone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Copperopolis | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehman Mill | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Briggs | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Constellation | 6.1 miles | 31 | |
| Chilean Mill | 6.4 miles | 30 | |
| Paxton Place | 6.4 miles | 30 | |
| Minnehaha | 6.6 miles | 30 | |
| Burro John | 6.7 miles | 31 | |
| Fort Misery | 6.9 miles | 31 |
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.













