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Red Rock, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Camp Verde-Sedona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86336. It lies near Carroll Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sedona quadrangle. It stands 3,976 feet above sea level.

Red Rock within Yavapai County

On record in Red Rock

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

242 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. 67 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/undetermined138
Natural67
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestDANCING APACHE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office10-0002821
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedona Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office14-0003012
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Baldwins Crossing0.5 miles21
West Sedona2.9 miles21
Big Park4.2 miles21
Oak Creek4.3 miles21
Page Springs5.7 miles23
Cornville9.3 miles21
Jordan10.5 miles21
Smelter City11.2 miles21

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 Red RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3422765The 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 33497. 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.