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Poland Junction, Arizona

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cordes Lakes-Mayer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86333. It stands on Grapevine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poland Junction quadrangle.

Poland Junction within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Poland Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. 23 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/undetermined65
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office4TH STREET
8 August 2003Smokingunder an acrePhoenix District OfficePOLAND
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBEAN
4 August 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestGRAPE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 131 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 131 workings within 5 miles of Poland Junction: 41 past producers, 33 prospects, 31 producers, 14 unknowns. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, 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
Alteration GroupCopper, Lead, ZincProspect
Arizona NationalSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Big Bug DistrictZinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Butternut MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, ArsenicProducer1902, 1946
Butternut PropertyCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
CaliforniaGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Champion Patent M S 1314Lead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Christmas GiftVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Copper Queen MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1901, 1967
DividendGold, Manganese, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer

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
Humboldt3.8 miles27
Mayer4.1 miles29
Breezy Pines4.6 miles33
Blue Hills Farms5.0 miles30
Dewey-Humboldt5.6 miles27
Dewey5.7 miles27
Walker5.8 miles31
Ocotillo7.0 miles30

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122547336The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33081. 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.