Kirkland, Arizona
29 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 Copper Basin Wash. The Survey maps it on the Kirkland quadrangle. It stands 3,930 feet above sea level.
On record in Kirkland
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 1 record
- Kirkland Storelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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 Kirkland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Kirkland between 1993 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | 60 acres | 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 |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SQUAW PEAK |
| 5 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | KIRKLAND |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kirkland: 6 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silica. 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 | ||
| Comanchero Claims | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Jack of Diamonds | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Little Mint and Little Spring | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Magic Mountain | Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Tuff | |
| Side Bet Claims | Gold, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Side Bet No. 1 and 2 | Gold, Silica | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Victory Group | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Kirkland | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Kirkland Quarry | Pumice | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkland in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkland | - | A trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 60 MPH near Kirkland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland Junction | 4.2 miles | 28 | |
| Ferguson Place Windmill | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Grand View | 5.9 miles | 25 | |
| Skull Valley | 6.2 miles | 26 | |
| Wilhoit | 6.7 miles | 30 | |
| Walker Place Windmill | 7.0 miles | 29 | |
| Glen Oaks | 8.8 miles | 30 | |
| Yava | 10.2 miles | 24 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q920806 | 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 30787. 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.














