Flower Pot, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cordes Lakes-Mayer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86322. It lies near Oxtail Draw. The Survey maps it on the Middle Verde quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1923 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Middle Verde quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Flower Pot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 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 | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | CEDAR |
| 6 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | OJ |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TOP |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Prescott National Forest | 282 |
| 26 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BLISS |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | INTERSTATE |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | PINTO |
| 16 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Flower Pot: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Producer | 1932, 1935, 1937 | |
| Escondido | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Tungsten King | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Tungsten King Prospect | Tungsten | Producer | 1953 | |
| Wire Gold M S 2928, Patented | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mill | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Arnold Place | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Jordan Meadows | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Security Acres | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Wingfield | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Verde Estates | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Paradise Acres | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Country Estates | 6.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 38448. 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.










