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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.

Gillette within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

203 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined127
Equipment and vehicle use35
Natural10
Firearms and explosives use10
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBOUSE WASH
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeROCK
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeMOORE GULCH
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use12 acresPhoenix District OfficeKINGS TWO
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department351075
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeTRAIL
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office153730
14 September 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bar Copper Mining Co PropertyGold, SilverProspect
Big Boulder DepositIron, Aluminum, Calcium, Titanium, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaOccurrence
Big Boulder and Iron Ridge ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceHausmannite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite, Pyrolusite
KayCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1910
Kay Copper MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1910, 1966
Mica MuleGold, MicaPast ProducerMuscovite
Miller 1 and 2Silver, GoldProspect
OrizabaGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Orizaba MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducerGold, Silver
Tuff-AmericanSemiprecious GemstonePlant

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
Rock Springs2.2 miles28
Black Canyon City3.6 miles28
Tip Top (historical)4.9 miles28
Packer7.8 miles31
Columbia7.9 miles31
Humbug8.8 miles31
Casa Rosa10.4 miles18
South Fort10.4 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 GilletteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461983The 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.