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Middle Verde, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Camp Verde-Sedona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86322. It lies near Grandpa Wash. The Survey maps it on the Middle Verde quadrangle.

Middle Verde within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Middle Verde between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined113
Equipment and vehicle use33
Smoking17
Natural12
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMIDDLE VERDE
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestGADDIS
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoconino National ForestTRACTOR
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestINTERSTATE
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestOVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Middle Verde: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Bromine, Sodium, Salt, Sodium. 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
Graham-Wingfield Sulfate GroundSalt, Sodium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Saline Water Well Near Camp VerdeHalite, Bromine, SodiumOccurrenceBrine, Halite
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Verde Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cherry Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Jay Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middle Verde in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Flash FloodMiddle Verde-Flooding of several roads in the Cornville area, including Cornville Road near Cactus Road was seen on a social media video. Another video showed property and street flooding east of Page Springs Road and north of Cornville Road. There was also flooding along Harmony, Oak Run Lane, and Page Springs Road. Flooding of multiple homes along Alvey and Brooks Lanes. The fire department personnel reported at least 6 homes flooded in Cornville.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMiddle Verde-Montezuma Airpark (Site ID KAZcampV9) reported a peak wind gust of 58 MPH.
August 2019Flash FloodMiddle Verde-Social media photos show greater than 18 inches of runoff flowing through Grandpa Wash at the intersection of Middle Verde Road. Time was estimated using on radar and social media post.
July 2012Flash FloodMiddle Verde-Water was flowing over Highway 260 at milepost 218.

Every storm 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
Aultman1.2 miles21
Verde River Meadows One2.8 miles21
Mesa Verde Estates2.9 miles21
Reddells Ranch Acres3.6 miles21
McGuireville4.1 miles21
Fort River Caves4.3 miles21
Camp Verde4.4 miles21
Tres Rios4.5 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122589006The 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 31829. 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.