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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.

Prescott Valley within Yavapai County

Population over time

2 figures

Prescott 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.

YearPeople Change
201038,822
202046,785+7,963 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

240 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined220
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical Authoritynot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical Authority10128
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110352
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Craigs QuarriesStone, Dimension, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Craigs QuarriesPumiceProducer
Dewey Ranch Clay No. 1ClayPast ProducerClay
Dewey Ranch No. 2Brick ClayProducerClay
Gold Coin GroupLead, GoldProspect
JokerSilverPast Producer
Nugget PatchGold, IronProspect
Unidentified Granite QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerGranite
Chance PropertyGoldOccurrence
Coyote Wash PlacersGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

11 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006HailPrescott Valley-One inch diameter hail fell in Prescott Valley.
September 2006HailPrescott Valley-Quarter sized hail fell in Prescott Valley.
July 2006Heavy RainPrescott 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 2006HailPrescott Valley-Nickel sized hail fell in east Prescott Valley for five minutes.
August 2005HailPrescott Valley-Nickel sized (7/8 inch diameter) hail was reported in Prescott Valley.
September 2005HailPrescott 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 2004HailPrescott 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 2004Flash FloodPrescott Valley-Flash flooding covered a road in east Prescott Valley with 2 to 3 feet of water.
August 2004Flash FloodPrescott 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 2003LightningPrescott Valley-Lightning hit a transformer and started a fire in Chino Valley.
August 2001Heavy RainPrescott Valley-no account filed

Every storm 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
Castle Canyon Mesa2.5 miles30
Diamond Valley4.3 miles30
Entro4.7 miles30
P and E Junction4.7 miles30
Yavapai Hills4.9 miles30
Granite Dells5.1 miles30
Blue Hills Farms6.2 miles30
Tutt6.3 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.

Wikipedia article on Prescott ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q374697The 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.