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Ocotillo, 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 86333. The Survey maps it on the Cleator quadrangle.

Ocotillo 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Ocotillo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined72
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2

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
4 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrescott National ForestMOTOR
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office4TH STREET
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE 2
17 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeDOUBLE
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeHACKBERRY ASSIST
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 August 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 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Ocotillo: 12 past producers, 12 producers, 11 prospects, 8 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Bell Magnetite-HematiteIron, Manganese, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Blue Bell MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1895, 1896, 1959
Blue Bell Mine and QuarryStone, Dimension, Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, SilicaPast Producer
Blue Bell SidingIron, Manganese, Titanium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaOccurrence
Echo PropertyGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Iowa GroupSilica, CopperPast ProducerChert, Quartz
Iowa GroupCopper, Silica, Gold, SilverPast Producer
JubileeZinc, Copper, Lead, IronProspect
MayerMarble, Dimension, Stone, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer1925
Minor MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer1897, 1903, 1957

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
Spring Valley2.6 miles30
Mayer3.0 miles29
Cordes4.6 miles30
Cordes Junction4.8 miles30
Arcosanti5.5 miles30
Cleator6.1 miles30
Cordes Lakes6.5 miles30
Poland Junction7.0 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 42749. 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.