Kirkland Junction, Arizona
28 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 86332. It stands on Sheppard Wash. The Survey maps it on the Peeples Valley quadrangle. It stands 4,104 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 28 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.
- 1887 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Peeples Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Kirkland Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 2 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PARKER MESA |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | BRISTOL |
| 2 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 41 acres | Phoenix District Office | WINDMILL |
| 9 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RR 84 |
| 7 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CLAY HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Kirkland Junction: 9 prospects, 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lithium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Kirkland | Gold, Silver, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Beehive | Lead, Semiprecious Gemstone, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Copper Crown | Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Copper Crown Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1915, 1941, 1955 | |
| Fiesta Group | Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Kirkland Quarry | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Mesa Grande | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Mohawk | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Side Bet Claims | Gold, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Side Bet No. 1 and 2 | Gold, Silica | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Place Windmill | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Ferguson Place Windmill | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Kirkland | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Wilhoit | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Rush Place Windmill | 7.0 miles | 29 | |
| Peeples Valley | 7.7 miles | 28 | |
| Glen Oaks | 8.0 miles | 30 | |
| Walnut Grove | 8.6 miles | 29 |
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 Kirkland Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222397 | 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 6721. 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.














