Prescott Valley, Arizona
30 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 86314. The Survey maps it on the Prescott Valley South quadrangle. 46,785 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,026 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPrescott Valley grew from 38,822 to 46,785 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 38,822 | |
| 2020 | 46,785 | +7,963 (+21%) |
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
- 1905 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:63360, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1973 USGS Prescott Valley South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Prescott Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,340 acres in total. 8 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 | 220 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | 10128 |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110352 |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Prescott Valley: 13 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craigs Quarries | Stone, Dimension, Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Craigs Quarries | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Dewey Ranch Clay No. 1 | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Dewey Ranch No. 2 | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Gold Coin Group | Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Joker | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Nugget Patch | Gold, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unidentified Granite Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Chance Property | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Coyote Wash Placers | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prescott Valley in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 6 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Hail | Prescott Valley | - | One inch diameter hail fell in Prescott Valley. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Prescott Valley | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Prescott Valley. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Prescott Valley | - | Heavy rain fell in Prescott Valley from mid morning to early afternoon. Between 0.80 and 0.95 inches of rain fell in less than three hours. Local street flooding was reported. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Prescott Valley | - | Nickel sized hail fell in east Prescott Valley for five minutes. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Prescott Valley | - | Nickel sized (7/8 inch diameter) hail was reported in Prescott Valley. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Prescott Valley | - | Nickel to quarter sized (7/8 to 1 inch diameter) hail fell off and on for at lest 26 minutes in Prescott Valley. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Prescott Valley | - | 1 to 1 1/2 inch diameter hail was reported by the Sheriff Department in Prescott Valley. Heavy rain with this storm caused street flooding stranding some cars. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Prescott Valley | - | Flash flooding covered a road in east Prescott Valley with 2 to 3 feet of water. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Prescott Valley | - | Heavy rain (2.44" in one hour) caused flooding in East Prescott and Prescott Valley. Road ditches were overwhelmed, many low water crossings were washed out, and a foot bridge was washed out. Some homes were flooded primarily from water backing up behind culverts. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Prescott Valley | - | Lightning hit a transformer and started a fire in Chino Valley. |
| August 2001 | Heavy Rain | Prescott Valley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Canyon Mesa | 2.5 miles | 30 | |
| Diamond Valley | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Entro | 4.7 miles | 30 | |
| P and E Junction | 4.7 miles | 30 | |
| Yavapai Hills | 4.9 miles | 30 | |
| Granite Dells | 5.1 miles | 30 | |
| Blue Hills Farms | 6.2 miles | 30 | |
| Tutt | 6.3 miles | 30 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Prescott Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q374697 | The 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 33193. 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.













