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Potato Patch, 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 lies near Mount Davis. The Survey maps it on the Groom Creek quadrangle.

Potato Patch 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

383 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Potato Patch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,364 acres in total. 211 started naturally. 8 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
Natural211
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Recreation and ceremony63
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBANNIE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSHORT
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRITLE
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestMYRTLE
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestPATCH
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictEAGLE
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 188 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 188 workings within 5 miles of Potato Patch: 84 past producers, 59 producers, 29 prospects, 10 unknowns. 60 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper. 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
AlligatorZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Alturas MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducer1924, 1945
Arizona Victory CopperCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Black Diamond MineLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1910, 1919
CashGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Quartz, ZincPast Producer
Cash MineLead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerVein
Champion MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincProducer1916, 1946
Champion Patent M S 1314Lead, Zinc, SilverProspect
ChaseLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Combination MineZinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1948, 1975

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
Venezia2.6 miles31
Walker2.6 miles31
Breezy Pines3.2 miles33
Groom Creek3.3 miles31
Ponderosa Park4.8 miles31
Dandrea4.9 miles32
Goodwin5.4 miles32
Oak Knoll Village6.1 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33142. 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.