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Glen Oaks, Arizona

30 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 86338. The Survey maps it on the Wilhoit quadrangle.

Glen Oaks within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Glen Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,512 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 18 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
Recreation and ceremony86
Natural70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestMYRTLE
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSUPER
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestTHUMB FIRE
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION
27 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestCAR
24 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestTOP
24 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestHIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Glen Oaks: 26 past producers, 22 prospects, 18 producers, 14 occurrences. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Arizona Portland MineCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldOccurrenceUnknown
Bill Beard PropertyCopper, Silver, Gold, Iron, ManganesePast Producer
Blue Dick MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1902, 1928
Buck HavenGold, Silver, Copper, Sulfur-PyriteProspect
Buzzard MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, ArsenicProducer1919, 1946
Climax MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1903, 1944
Copper BasinCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1890, 1911, 1961
Dos Oris MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadProducer1883, 1922
HonakerLead, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Mark Twain MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, ArsenicProducer1906, 1949

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Oaks in 2 storm reports in 2018: 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Flash FloodGlen Oaks-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flash flooding and rock falls. State Route 69 was closed in both directions at mile post 302 south of Prescott. One lane was opened after 30 minutes.
July 2018Heavy RainGlen Oaks-Heavy rain was reported on Highway 89 with water running across the roadway. Cars could still make it through the flooded section of highway.

Every storm 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
Wilhoit2.4 miles30
Ponderosa Park3.8 miles31
Rancho Vista Estates5.9 miles27
Deering Park Estates6.5 miles27
Groom Creek6.6 miles31
Juniper Heights7.1 miles30
Potato Patch7.2 miles31
Oak Knoll Village7.4 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 29339. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.