Kelvin, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85137. It stands on Mineral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kearny quadrangle. It stands 1,831 feet above sea level.
On record in Kelvin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Kelvin Bridgelisted 1988- Mineral Creek Bridgelisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1910 USGS Ray quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kearny quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Globe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Kelvin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 794 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 590 acres | Gila District Office | ELDER |
| 12 August 1994 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Kelvin: 25 past producers, 15 producers, 13 occurrences, 8 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A,B,C Group | Silver, Aluminum, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Manganese, Gold, Silica, Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Alice Property | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Almino | Tungsten, Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane | |
| C and B Group Bywater Mine? | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Copper Ace Group | Copper, Silica, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Elder Gulch Prospects | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gran Copper | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chrysocolla | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grayhorse Vanadium Property | Lead, Vanadium, Zinc, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Descloizite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | |
| Honey Bee Claims | Copper, Silver, Quartz | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelvin in 2 storm reports in 2000: 2 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelvin | $20,000 | Power poles blown down at Kelvin. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelvin | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles in Kelvin. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Kelvin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15235419 | 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 24477. 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.







