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Oak Knoll Village, 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 86303. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle.

Oak Knoll Village within 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

502 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 502 fires within 5 miles of Oak Knoll Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,696 acres in total. 130 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined182
Natural130
Recreation and ceremony104
Arson/incendiarism25
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBANNIE
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestMYRTLE
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestAPPLE
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSUPER
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSENATOR
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Oak Knoll Village: 30 past producers, 19 producers, 17 prospects, 5 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper. 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
American Eagle MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1931, 1932
ConvergensCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Empire MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer1877, 1912, 1941
Emporia MineLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1898, 1902, 1927
Forshoda MineLead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, SilverProducer1916, 1949, 1964
Gold Basis MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1901, 1940
Groom Creek PropertyLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProspect
Home Run PropertySilver, Gold, Lead, IronPast Producer
King Kelly MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperProducer1885, 1904, 1942
Mary PropertySilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer

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
Juniper Heights1.1 miles30
Prescott2.1 miles30
Fort Whipple2.8 miles30
Groom Creek2.8 miles31
Whipple2.9 miles30
Miller Valley3.1 miles30
Rancho Vista Estates3.5 miles27
Ponderosa Park3.8 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32452. 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.