Oak Creek, Arizona

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.

• 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
• 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1923 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000
• 1932 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1936 USGS Camp Verde quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
• 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
• 1969 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1980 USGS Sedona quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,852 acres in total. 102 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Big Park
• Baldwins Crossing
• Breezy Pines
• Groom Creek
• Lawrence Crossing
• Oak Knoll Village

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oak Creek: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32426. 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.