Granville, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85533. It sits by Final Point. The Survey maps it on the Coronado Mountain quadrangle. It stands 6,686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1913 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Coronado Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Coronado Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Granville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | ADOT |
| 11 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | PIGEON |
| 9 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | GRANVILLE |
| 6 July 2017 | Natural | 200 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | PINTO SPRINGS |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | HL SADDLE |
| 25 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MITCHELL |
| 23 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | CHERRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Granville: 15 producers, 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville Area Perlite Occurrence | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lime Cap | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Lime Cap Group | Zinc, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese | Producer | 1916, 1940, 1941 | |
| Morenci Mordenite | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| Morenci Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Shannon Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Garnet, Iron, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1875, 1902, 1918 | |
| Twig | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Twig Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Producer | 1915, 1948 | |
| XIV Group | Copper, Silver | Producer | 1872, 1937, 1951 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granville in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville | - | A wind gust to 65 mph was measured at the Trail Cabin RAWS. Time estimated from radar at 1315MST. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Granville | - | The Blue River crested 4.5 feet above Bankfull stage due to heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spur Cross | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Metcalf (historical) | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Morenci | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Stargo | 8.4 miles | 20 | |
| Plantsite | 9.5 miles | 20 | |
| East Plantsite | 10.4 miles | 20 | |
| Clifton | 10.6 miles | 20 | |
| Maques Place | 14.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q28221908 | 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 39987. 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.










