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Crown King, Arizona

31 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 86343. It lies near Marceds Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Crown King quadrangle. It stands 5,771 feet above sea level.

Crown King within Yavapai County

On record in Crown King

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 13 shown

Every surveyed structure in Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Horsethief Basin Resort, Cabin No. 5, 7 miles Southeast of Crown King, Crown King, Yavapai County, AZ
Horsethief Basin Resort, Cabin No. 5, 7 miles Southeast of Crown King, Crown King, Yavapai County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Crown King between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,600 acres in total. 129 started naturally. 3 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
Natural129
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony26
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestTOWERS
7 September 1995Natural2.0 acresPrescott National ForestWILDFLOWER
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBARTOL
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestLANE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestLORENA
4 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestCITIZEN
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestPOINT
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestHORSETHIEF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Crown King: 48 past producers, 29 prospects, 23 producers, 11 occurrences. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, 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
Bluebird MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, ZincProducer1922, 1925, 1927
Bradshaw Fissure Mining Co PropertyGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Button MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducer1901, 1942
Cornucopia MineGold, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Cougar MineSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Crown King MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, IronProducerVein
Crown King MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer
De Soto Magnetite TaconiteIron, Manganese, TitaniumOccurrence
Del Pasco MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducerVein
FairviewGold, REEProspect

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crown King in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 heavy rain, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCrown King-The Humbug Creek RAWS station meastured a peak wind gust of 67 MPH at 348 PM.
August 2024HailCrown King-Golf ball sized hail fell in Crown King.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCrown King-The Humbug Creek RAWS reported sustained winds of 36 MPH with gusts to 71 MPH.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCrown King-The Humbug Creek RAWS(QHBA3) had a peak wind gust of 67 MPH at 9:40 PM. The Stanton RAWS (QSTA3) had 60 MPH winds at 10:00 PM. Arizona Department of Transportation reported that State Route 89 south of Prescott (mile marker 308) was closed in both directions due to fallen trees at 11:35 PM. The exact time of tree fall was unknown.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCrown King-A thunderstorm wind gust of 71 MPH was measured at the Humbug Creek RAWS site.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCrown King-A peak wind gust of 67 MPH was measured at the Humbug Creek RAWS (estimated time).
August 2016Heavy RainCrown King-The Mesonet station in Minnehana (WAGA3) recorded 2.05 inches of rainfall.
August 2016Heavy RainCrown King-The Towers Mountain Mesonet station MNNA3 recorded 1.89 inches of rainfall.
August 2016Heavy RainCrown King-The Mesonet station 7 miles south-southeast of Crown King (QHBA3) recorded 1.42 inches of rainfall.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCrown King-The Humbug Creek RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 61 MPH in association with a thunderstorm in the area.
October 2015Heavy RainCrown King-A remote gauge at Tower Mountain recorded 1.14 inches of rain.
July 2014Heavy RainCrown King-A thunderstorm produced 1.20 inches of rain in just 40 minutes in Crown King.
August 2013Flash FloodCrown King-Crown King Road was damaged by water over topping the road between mile posts 15 and 19 near Mulddoon Gulch. Dual Pole Radar estimated around 2.50 inches of rain had fallen in that area. This area was impacted by the Gladiator Fire in 2012.
July 2012Heavy RainCrown King-Just over an inch of rain fell in 35 minutes. A mud slide was reported on Gladiator Road between mile post 26 and 27. The road was still passable.
July 2012Flash FloodCrown King-A thunderstorm produced heavy rain and flash flooding over the Gladiator Fire area. A main road was washed out and there were also mud slides.
July 2012Flash FloodCrown King-Two vehicles were washed off the Crown King Road (possibly Poland Creek) near the community of Cleator. The occupants were rescued.
July 2012Heavy RainCrown King-Alert gages around Crown King reported between 2.84 and 4.52 inches of rain in an 18 to 20 hour time period.
September 2012Heavy RainCrown King-Heavy rain caused minor damage to some of the less traveled road in the Gladiator Fire area. One of the automated rain gauges around the fire reported 1.90 inches of rain.
July 1996Flash FloodCrown King-no account filed
September 1996HailCrown King-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
Bradshaw City1.1 miles31
Lapham3.8 miles30
Minnehaha4.7 miles30
Fort Misery4.7 miles31
Chilean Mill4.7 miles30
Hooper4.8 miles32
East Fort5.3 miles31
Burro John5.3 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 Crown KingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q748161The 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 28197. 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.