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Rancho Vista Estates, Arizona

27 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 Wolverton Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Iron Springs quadrangle.

Rancho Vista Estates within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

524 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 524 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Vista Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,604 acres in total. 132 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined172
Recreation and ceremony146
Natural132
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestEMANUEL
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestMYRTLE
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestAPPLE
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestMORGAN
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSUPER
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestTHUMB FIRE
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSENATOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Vista Estates: 15 past producers, 11 prospects, 9 producers, 7 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
ConvergensCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Copper BasinCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1890, 1911, 1961
Groom Creek PropertyLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProspect
Mormon Girl MineLead, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
RuthLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Ruth MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1885, 1911, 1965
Silver Flake MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, CobaltProducer1885, 1895, 1954
Silver KnightLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Silver KnightSilver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, LeadOccurrence

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
Prescott2.5 miles30
Juniper Heights2.5 miles30
Miller Valley2.7 miles30
Forbing Park3.0 miles30
Deering Park Estates3.1 miles27
Oak Knoll Village3.5 miles30
Wildwood Estates3.5 miles27
Fort Whipple3.7 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 Q122567565The 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 38736. 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.