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Rock Springs, Arizona

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85324. It stands on Slate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Canyon City quadrangle.

Rock Springs within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined107
Equipment and vehicle use45
Natural9
Firearms and explosives use8
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeSOAP
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeROCK
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeMAGGIE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBEE
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeMOORE GULCH
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use12 acresPhoenix District OfficeKINGS TWO
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeCREEK
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office153730

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Rock Springs: 13 prospects, 8 unknowns, 7 past producers, 6 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Big Boulder and Iron Ridge ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceHausmannite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite, Pyrolusite
F and M ClaimsManganesePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
KayCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1910
Kay Copper MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1910, 1966
MaggieGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Mica MuleGold, MicaPast ProducerMuscovite
Miller 1 and 2Silver, GoldProspect
OrizabaGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Orizaba MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducerGold, Silver

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
Black Canyon City1.5 miles28
Gillette2.2 miles28
Tip Top (historical)5.2 miles28
Packer7.3 miles31
Columbia8.6 miles31
South Fort9.2 miles31
Humbug9.3 miles31
East Fort9.7 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24586. 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.