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McVay, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85325. The Survey maps it on the East of Utting quadrangle.

McVay within La Paz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of McVay between 1993 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeMCINTYRE
3 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 November 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLA PAZ
3 January 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLAPAZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Paz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of McVay: 9 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Geothermal, Gold, Limestone, General, Kyanite. 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
Calcite MineLimestone, General, KyanitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Crackejack No 2Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Dona Kay MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Jewel Anne Mine GroupTungsten, Barium-Barite, CopperPast Producer
Oro Fino and Mineral HillCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Pee Wee Mine GroupTungsten, ZincPast Producer
Three Musketeers MineTungsten, GoldPast Producer1951
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in La Paz 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
Utting3.5 miles16
Bush Pit5.2 miles16
Vicksburg6.2 miles16
Desert Wells6.7 miles16
Vicksburg Junction7.0 miles16
Pioneer8.3 miles16
Hope9.1 miles16
Brenda10.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24514. 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.