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.
Population over time
3 figuresCordes 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,058 | |
| 2010 | 2,633 | +575 (+28%) |
| 2020 | 2,684 | +51 (+2%) |
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 Mayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:63360
- 1949 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1974 USGS Cordes Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 132 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | CACTUS |
| 30 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BASIN |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | HORSESHOE |
| 17 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | DOUBLE 2 |
| 17 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | DOUBLE |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mayer Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mayer Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordes Custom Milling Facility | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| John Henry | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| John Henry Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1942 | |
| Mc Mahon & Victory Claims | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Chrysocolla, Malachite | |
| Miss Tracy | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Yellow Pig | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Burmister Mine | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Burmister Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Destories Placer | Gold | Producer | Gold | |
| Rainey Property | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordes Junction | 1.9 miles | 30 | |
| Arcosanti | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Cordes | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Spring Valley | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Ocotillo | 6.5 miles | 30 | |
| Cleator | 7.1 miles | 30 | |
| Dugas | 7.6 miles | 23 | |
| Bumble Bee | 7.8 miles | 31 |
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 Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2745135 | 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 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.













