Miller Valley, Arizona
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86301. It stands on Butte Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle.
On record in Miller Valley
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 within a mile 12 of 35 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
North Prescott Townsite Historic Districtlisted 2009 · 0.5 miles away
James I. Gardner Storelisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Fleury's Addition Historic Districtlisted 2019 · 0.6 miles away
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad Depotlisted 1988 · 0.7 miles away
A. W. Robinson Buildinglisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Brinkmeyer Houselisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Exchange Buildinglisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
Mulvenon Buildinglisted 1993 · 0.8 miles away
Detwiler Houselisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Iron Turbine Windmilllisted 1981 · 0.8 miles away
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Rectorylisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Old Governor's Mansionlisted 1971 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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
- 1905 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:63360, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1973 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
406 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Miller Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined | 180 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 87 |
| Natural | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | EMANUEL |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | CAYUSE |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | APPLE |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MORGAN |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | CARNATION |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | SENATOR |
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 30 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | HIGHLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Miller Valley: 9 past producers, 7 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergens | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Madizelle Mining Co | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mormon Girl Mine | Lead, Zinc | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Oblong Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | 1937, 1938 | |
| Thumb Butte Con Mines Co | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Williams Mine | Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Blue Sulfate | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bullwhacker Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1878, 1879, 1936 | |
| Indiana Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1908, 1935 | |
| Last Chance Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1937, 1941 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Fort Whipple | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Forbing Park | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Whipple | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Wildwood Estates | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Juniper Heights | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Rancho Vista Estates | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Knoll Village | 3.1 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 31879. 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.













