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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.

Flower Pot within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

171 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use56
Natural31
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestCEDAR
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestOJ
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestTOP
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPrescott National Forest282
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestBLISS
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestINTERSTATE
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestPINTO
16 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fairview MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, MolybdenumProducer1932, 1935, 1937
EscondidoGoldOccurrence
Tungsten KingTungstenProspect
Tungsten King ProspectTungstenProducer1953
Wire Gold M S 2928, PatentedGoldUnknown

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
Cedar Mill2.6 miles22
Arnold Place4.4 miles22
Jordan Meadows6.1 miles21
Security Acres6.5 miles21
Wingfield6.5 miles21
Fort Verde Estates6.6 miles21
Paradise Acres6.8 miles21
Country Estates6.8 miles21

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.