Fort McDonald, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It lies near Green Valley. The Survey maps it on the Payson South quadrangle.
On record in Fort McDonald
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ox Bow Innlisted 2004 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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
- 1936 USGS Payson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Payson quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Payson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Payson South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Payson South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
294 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Fort McDonald between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 6 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 | 154 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | YERBA |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | GUIDE |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hellsgate Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hellsgate Fire District | 341 |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-131801 |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | PALMER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Fort McDonald: 26 past producers, 11 prospects, 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American and Mexican Gulches | Gold, Silver, Kyanite | Prospect | ||
| Copper King | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Golden Wonder Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1877 | |
| Iron Camp | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Ox Bow Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | 1875, 1916, 1936 | |
| Oxbow Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1876, 1916 | |
| Silver King | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum | Producer | 1933, 1934 | |
| Blue Goose | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Prize | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payson | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Oxbow Estates | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Mesa del Caballo | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Star Valley | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Flowing Springs | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Freedom Acres | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Wonder Valley | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Diamond Point Shadows | 6.9 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122571844 | 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 29116. 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.











