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P and E Junction, 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 Elisabeth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle.

P and E Junction 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of P and E Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined188
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-100954
12 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110351

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of P and E Junction: 12 past producers, 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bullwhacker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProducer1878, 1879, 1936
Craigs QuarriesStone, Dimension, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Craigs QuarriesPumiceProducer
Double L LodeGold, SilverProspect
Gold Coin GroupLead, GoldProspect
Oblong MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducer1937, 1938
Unidentified Granite QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerGranite
JokerSilverPast Producer
Bullwhacker ProspectGoldPast Producer
Chance PropertyGoldOccurrence

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
Entro0.1 miles30
Granite Dells0.4 miles30
Castle Canyon Mesa2.8 miles30
Diamond Valley3.1 miles30
Yavapai Hills3.3 miles30
Tutt3.8 miles30
Whipple4.2 miles30
Fort Whipple4.4 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 42751. 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.