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Crookton, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ash Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86337. The Survey maps it on the Crookton quadrangle.

Crookton within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

69 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Crookton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 94 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMCINTYRE
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictFLATTERY
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSTUD
25 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeRANCH RX
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAsh Fork Volunteer Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
19 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTOM
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictMAC
13 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Crookton: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Portable CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crookton in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2010HailCrookton$10,000Hail on the road caused a roll over near mile post 130 in Interstate 40.
September 2022Flash FloodCrookton-The Seligman Fire Department reported 4 to 6 inches of water flowing over the streets in the center of town.

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
Pinaveta8.6 miles22
Seligman9.2 miles20
Ash Fork12.8 miles26
Meath (historical)18.2 miles25
Audley19.0 miles18
Eddy Place23.8 miles25
Pica25.3 miles18
Drake27.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24392. 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.