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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.

Miller Valley within Yavapai County

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.

Every listing in 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

406 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined180
Recreation and ceremony87
Natural81
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestEMANUEL
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestCAYUSE
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestAPPLE
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestMORGAN
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSENATOR
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestWILLOW SPRINGS
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestHIGHLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConvergensCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Madizelle Mining CoSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Mormon Girl MineLead, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Oblong MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducer1937, 1938
Thumb Butte Con Mines CoCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Williams MineGold, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerUnknown
Blue SulfateCopperOccurrence
Bullwhacker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProducer1878, 1879, 1936
Indiana MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1908, 1935
Last Chance MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1937, 1941

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
Prescott1.0 miles30
Fort Whipple1.2 miles30
Forbing Park1.4 miles30
Whipple1.4 miles30
Wildwood Estates2.2 miles27
Juniper Heights2.3 miles30
Rancho Vista Estates2.7 miles27
Oak Knoll Village3.1 miles30

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.