Penzance, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winslow-Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86025. The Survey maps it on the Joseph City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Joseph City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS St. Joseph 2 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Joseph City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Penzance between 1993 and 2019, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 10 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | LITTLE SPR |
| 10 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 March 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | OBED |
| 10 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | BOYSE |
| 10 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Joseph City Fire District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Penzance: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Holbrook Basin | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Penzance in 2 storm reports in 2021: 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Plaza Subdivision | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Holbrook | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Rosedale Heights | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Joseph City | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Clearview Heights | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lisitzky Subdivision | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Manila | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Arntz | 11.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24556. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









