Paxton Place, 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 86332. The Survey maps it on the Minnehaha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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 Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:63360, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Crown King quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Minnehaha quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Paxton Place between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,932 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CHERRY CREEK |
| 14 September 2019 | Natural | 128 acres | Prescott National Forest | CHERRY SPRINGS |
| 14 September 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Prescott National Forest | MCALLISTER |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | FLAPJACK |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WAG |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | CROWN POINT |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | 64 acres | Phoenix District Office | LOGAN |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FLAPJACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Paxton Place: 8 prospects, 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Ash Creek Magnetite Taconite | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| B O Beryl Claims | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Button Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1901, 1942 | |
| Camp Bird | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Fisher Property | Gold, Copper, Lead, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Gold Note Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1937, 1946 | |
| Joyce K Group | Tungsten, Semiprecious Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Manzanita Claims | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Roland Claim | Lead, Silver | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagoner | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Minnehaha | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lapham | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Chilean Mill | 5.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lehman Mill | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Copperopolis | 6.4 miles | 30 | |
| Fort Misery | 6.6 miles | 31 | |
| Bradshaw City | 7.0 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32740. 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.













