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Paradise Acres, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Camp Verde-Sedona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86322. It lies near Allen Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Camp Verde quadrangle.

Paradise Acres within Yavapai County

On record in Paradise Acres

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,320 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined143
Equipment and vehicle use38
Natural20
Debris and open burning15
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 September 2002Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestVERDE
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestGADDIS
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestINTERSTATE
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestPINTO
17 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 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Acres: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sodium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
Camp Verde Salt MineHalite, Sodium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, ClayPast ProducerClay, Gypsum, Halite, Mirabilite
Fairview MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, MolybdenumProducer1932, 1935, 1937
Graham-Wingfield Sulfate GroundSalt, Sodium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Larson QuarryGypsum-Anhydrite, BentoniteProducerBentonite, Gypsum
Larson QuarryBentonite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Saline Water Well Near Camp VerdeHalite, Bromine, SodiumOccurrenceBrine, Halite
Saline Well Near Camp VerdeBromine, Halite, SodiumOccurrenceBrine
Squaw Peak MineMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1944, 1946
Verde River DepositDiatomite, Clay, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceClay, Diatomite, Gypsum
Verde River DepositDiatomite, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, GeneralProspect

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
Country Estates0.1 miles21
Fort Verde Estates0.5 miles21
Mountain View Estates0.6 miles21
Jordan Meadows0.9 miles21
Wingfield1.1 miles21
Security Acres1.3 miles21
Pioneer Acres1.6 miles21
Camp Verde1.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 38684. 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.