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Juniper Heights, Arizona

30 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 86303. It stands on Banning Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle.

Juniper Heights within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

523 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 523 fires within 5 miles of Juniper Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,602 acres in total. 124 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined177
Recreation and ceremony133
Natural124
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
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
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestMYRTLE
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestAPPLE
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSUPER
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSENATOR
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestSLASH
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Juniper Heights: 26 past producers, 18 producers, 15 prospects, 4 unknowns. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
American Eagle MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1931, 1932
ConvergensCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Empire MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer1877, 1912, 1941
Emporia MineLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1898, 1902, 1927
Gold Basis MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1901, 1940
Groom Creek PropertyLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProspect
Home Run PropertySilver, Gold, Lead, IronPast Producer
King Kelly MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperProducer1885, 1904, 1942
Midnight Test MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincProducer1902, 1935
MudholeLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldProspect

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
Oak Knoll Village1.1 miles30
Prescott1.3 miles30
Miller Valley2.3 miles30
Fort Whipple2.3 miles30
Rancho Vista Estates2.5 miles27
Whipple2.5 miles30
Forbing Park3.5 miles30
Groom Creek3.6 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 30659. 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.