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Lapham, Arizona

30 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 86343. It lies near Minnehaha Flat. The Survey maps it on the Minnehaha quadrangle.

Lapham 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Lapham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,576 acres in total. 69 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
Natural69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestTOWERS
7 September 1995Natural2.0 acresPrescott National ForestWILDFLOWER
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBARTOL
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestLANE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestLORENA
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestPOINT
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictTOWER MOUNTAIN
2 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestNEEDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Lapham: 37 past producers, 25 prospects, 20 producers, 9 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Apache LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
B O Beryl ClaimsBerylliumProspect
Bradshaw Fissure Mining Co PropertyGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Button MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducer1901, 1942
Camp BirdGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
Cougar MineSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Crown King MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, IronProducerVein
Crown King MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer
Del Pasco Claim GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Del Pasco MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducerVein

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
Minnehaha1.2 miles30
Chilean Mill2.1 miles30
Bradshaw City2.7 miles31
Fort Misery3.4 miles31
Crown King3.8 miles31
Burro John4.1 miles31
Paxton Place4.4 miles30
Hooper6.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 38562. 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.