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Granite Basin Summer Homes, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86305. It lies near Little Granite Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Iron Springs quadrangle.

Granite Basin Summer Homes within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Granite Basin Summer Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,249 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined93
Natural60
Recreation and ceremony33
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestEMANUEL
9 September 1995Natural1.0 acresPrescott National ForestGRANITE
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestCAYUSE
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical Authoritynot named
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestMORGAN
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestT.J.
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestHIGHLAND
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestSLASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Granite Basin Summer Homes: 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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
Madizelle Mining CoSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Derby MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1905, 1937
Granite PitsGraniteOccurrenceGranite
Granite PitsGraniteOccurrenceGranite
Indiana MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1908, 1935
Last Chance MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1937, 1941
Silver ButtonSilverPast Producer
Blue SulfateCopperOccurrence
Copper GossanCopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Iron Springs2.1 miles27
Prieta (historical)2.7 miles27
Wildwood Estates3.6 miles27
Highland Park3.8 miles27
Forbing Park4.5 miles30
Williamson5.3 miles26
Deering Park Estates5.4 miles27
Stringfield5.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 38471. 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.