Minnehaha, 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 stands on Minnehaha Flat. The Survey maps it on the Minnehaha quadrangle.
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
- 1903 USGS Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:63360, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1969 USGS Minnehaha quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Minnehaha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,571 acres in total. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BARTOL |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | LANE |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | POINT |
| 20 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Prescott National Forest | HUMBUG |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | TOWER MOUNTAIN |
| 2 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | NEEDLE |
| 17 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Prescott National Forest | WATSON |
| 17 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | LORENA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Minnehaha: 30 past producers, 23 prospects, 16 producers, 9 occurrences. 16 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| B O Beryl Claims | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Bradshaw Fissure Mining Co Property | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Button Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1901, 1942 | |
| Cougar Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Fat Jack | Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | Amethyst | |
| French Creek Deposit | Manganese, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Gazelle | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Note Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1937, 1946 | |
| Jane Group | Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilean Mill | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lapham | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Fort Misery | 2.7 miles | 31 | |
| Burro John | 3.4 miles | 31 | |
| Bradshaw City | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| Paxton Place | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Crown King | 4.7 miles | 31 | |
| Lehman Mill | 5.5 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 31922. 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.













