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Humbug, Arizona

31 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 85342. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.

Humbug within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Humbug between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,782 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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/undetermined6
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeHORSESHOE BAR
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictLUCKY
28 July 1995Natural80 acresPhoenix District OfficeSILVER
22 July 2006Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOW CREEK
1 July 2006Natural3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office306
30 June 2006Natural20 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSILVER
29 June 2006Natural1,422 acresPhoenix District OfficeROCK HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Humbug: 18 prospects, 17 past producers, 17 producers, 5 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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
AcquisitionGold, Lead, SilverProspect
Acquisition MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1913, 1938
Arizona Black DonkeyUraniumProspect
Blue Bird GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect
Columbia MineGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Dean GroupGold, Lead, SilverOccurrence
El Pero Bonito MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1875, 1910, 1927
Foy GroupLead, Tungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer
French Creek DepositBarium-Barite, GoldOccurrenceBarite
French Creek DepositManganese, Barium-BariteProspect

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
Columbia1.6 miles31
Tip Top (historical)4.1 miles28
Packer4.1 miles31
Castle Hot Springs5.3 miles18
Burro John5.6 miles31
Fort Misery6.3 miles31
South Fort7.0 miles31
Casa Rosa7.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24467. 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.