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Hilltop, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86401. The Survey maps it on the Kingman quadrangle.

Hilltop within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

533 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 533 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,011 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined455
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeKING SLAUGHTER
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKingman Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTRACKS
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hilltop: 7 producers, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 MineralsFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Bi-Metal MineGold, SilverPast Producer1907, 1908, 1950
Kingman Feldspar MinesFeldspar, Niobium (Columbium), REE, TantalumPast ProducerAllanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Microcline
Silica PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Taylor MineFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer1923
Taylor MineFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Bi-MetalGoldPast Producer1907
Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kingman DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mohave 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
Getz0.3 miles27
Kingman2.0 miles27
New Kingman3.8 miles34
Butler3.8 miles20
Berry4.2 miles20
McConnico5.7 miles27
Harris5.8 miles27
Stockton7.8 miles34

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 Q141221922The 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 5830. 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.