Gillette, Arizona
28 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 85324. It lies near Cottonwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Black Canyon City quadrangle. It stands 1,834 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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 Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Bumblebee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bumblebee quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Bumblebee quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Black Canyon City quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Gillette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,213 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 127 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BOUSE WASH |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | ROCK |
| 26 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | MOORE GULCH |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Phoenix District Office | KINGS TWO |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix Fire Department | 351075 |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | TRAIL |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 153730 |
| 14 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Gillette: 10 unknowns, 10 prospects, 7 past producers, 5 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar Copper Mining Co Property | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Big Boulder Deposit | Iron, Aluminum, Calcium, Titanium, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Big Boulder and Iron Ridge Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Hausmannite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite, Pyrolusite | |
| Kay | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Kay Copper Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1910, 1966 | |
| Mica Mule | Gold, Mica | Past Producer | Muscovite | |
| Miller 1 and 2 | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Orizaba | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Orizaba Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | Gold, Silver | |
| Tuff-American | Semiprecious Gemstone | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Black Canyon City | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Tip Top (historical) | 4.9 miles | 28 | |
| Packer | 7.8 miles | 31 | |
| Columbia | 7.9 miles | 31 | |
| Humbug | 8.8 miles | 31 | |
| Casa Rosa | 10.4 miles | 18 | |
| South Fort | 10.4 miles | 31 |
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 Gillette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461983 | 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 24431. 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.













