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Ponderosa Park, Arizona

31 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 86303. It stands on Groom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Groom Creek quadrangle.

Ponderosa Park within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

486 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 486 fires within 5 miles of Ponderosa Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,750 acres in total. 156 started naturally. 26 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
Natural156
Recreation and ceremony136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined121
Arson/incendiarism26
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks1
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
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRITLE
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestMYRTLE
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestAPPLE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSUPER
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestTHUMB FIRE
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 116 workings within 5 miles of Ponderosa Park: 43 past producers, 35 producers, 27 prospects, 8 occurrences. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, 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
Bill Beard PropertyCopper, Silver, Gold, Iron, ManganesePast Producer
Blue Dick MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1902, 1928
ChaseLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer
ConvergensCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Davis-Dunkirk MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer1869, 1874, 1961
Empire MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer1877, 1912, 1941
Groom Creek PropertyLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProspect
Home Run PropertySilver, Gold, Lead, IronPast Producer
Midnight Test MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincProducer1902, 1935
Mona-Savage MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadProducer1935, 1936

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
Groom Creek3.0 miles31
Juniper Heights3.7 miles30
Rancho Vista Estates3.8 miles27
Oak Knoll Village3.8 miles30
Glen Oaks3.8 miles30
Potato Patch4.8 miles31
Prescott4.8 miles30
Miller Valley5.7 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33098. 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.