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Cordes Junction, Arizona

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cordes Lakes-Mayer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86333. The Survey maps it on the Cordes Junction quadrangle.

Cordes Junction 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Cordes Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,504 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined131
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural10
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Firearms and explosives use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeHORSESHOE
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE 2
17 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMayer Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMayer Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBASIN
10 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCORDES JUNCTION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Cordes Junction: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Lead. 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
Cordes Custom Milling FacilityCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Iowa GroupSilica, CopperPast ProducerChert, Quartz
Iowa GroupCopper, Silica, Gold, SilverPast Producer
John HenryCopper, SilverPast Producer
John Henry MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1942
Miss TracyUraniumProspect
Mc Mahon & Victory ClaimsCopper, LeadOccurrenceChrysocolla, Malachite
Parker ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1907, 1942
Rainey PropertyGoldProspect
Terry Anderson PropertyGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cordes Junction in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2005HailCordes Junction1 killedArizona Department of Public Safety reported 5 wrecks due to hail covered road on I-17 near Highway 69. There was one fatality in a wreck on Highway 69 between I-17 and Mayer.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCordes Junction$500,000Sheds and roofs were damaged by thunderstorm winds in Spring Valley.
August 2016Flash FloodCordes Junction-The Hassayampa River rose about 8 feet and was flowing rapidly. It is normally dry.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCordes Junction-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused carport roof damage in Cordes Junction.
August 2005HailCordes Junction-Quarter to Golf ball sized (1 to 1 3/4 inch diameter) hail fell in Cordes Junction.
August 2005Heavy RainCordes Junction-Heavy rain cause flooding in one house in Cordes Junction.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCordes Junction-Law Enforcement in Cordes Junction reported wind gusts to 60 MPH.
September 2003HailCordes Junction-Half dollar sized (1 1/4 inch diameter) hail was reported 12 miles southeast of Cordes Junction.
September 1996LightningCordes Junction-no account filed

Every storm 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
Arcosanti1.3 miles30
Cordes Lakes1.9 miles30
Spring Valley2.2 miles30
Cordes3.2 miles30
Ocotillo4.8 miles30
Cleator7.0 miles30
Mayer7.6 miles29
Dugas7.8 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122543643The 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 27941. 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.