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Cordes Lakes, 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. 2,684 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,701 feet above sea level.

Cordes Lakes within Yavapai County

Population over time

3 figures

Cordes Lakes grew from 2,058 to 2,684 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20002,058
20102,633+575 (+28%)
20202,684+51 (+2%)

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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Cordes Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,234 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined132
Equipment and vehicle use36
Natural11
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Firearms and explosives use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeCACTUS
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBASIN
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
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cordes Lakes: 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Manganese, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cordes Custom Milling FacilityCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
John HenryCopper, SilverPast Producer
John Henry MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1942
Mc Mahon & Victory ClaimsCopper, LeadOccurrenceChrysocolla, Malachite
Miss TracyUraniumProspect
Yellow PigGold, SilverProspect
Burmister MineManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Burmister MineManganesePast Producer1952
Destories PlacerGoldProducerGold
Rainey PropertyGoldProspect

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
Cordes Junction1.9 miles30
Arcosanti2.4 miles30
Cordes3.4 miles30
Spring Valley3.9 miles30
Ocotillo6.5 miles30
Cleator7.1 miles30
Dugas7.6 miles23
Bumble Bee7.8 miles31

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 Cordes LakesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2745135The 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 38369. 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.