BlockRush Place Windmill, Arizona
29 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 86332. It lies near Mahoney Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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
- 1903 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1969 USGS Walnut Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Rush Place Windmill between 1993 and 2016, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HAYS RANCH |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WALNUT |
| 27 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PARKER MESA |
| 17 August 2013 | Natural | 836 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FRENCH GULCH |
| 9 July 2008 | Natural | 146 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ANTELOPE |
| 30 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WAGONER |
| 30 July 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | PLACERITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Rush Place Windmill: 9 prospects, 7 producers, 5 past producers, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Moyer | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Copper Crown | Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Copper Crown Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1915, 1941, 1955 | |
| Mcmahan Group | Copper, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mohawk | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Navy Group | Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Remington Non-Metallic Property | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Silver Crown | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Crown Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1880, 1885, 1964 | |
| Vesuvius Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1915, 1938 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Walker Place Windmill | 4.7 miles | 29 | |
| Wagoner | 5.9 miles | 30 | |
| Peeples Valley | 6.2 miles | 28 | |
| McNary Place | 6.5 miles | 32 | |
| Baldwin Place | 6.7 miles | 32 | |
| Kirkland Junction | 7.0 miles | 28 | |
| Ferguson Place Windmill | 8.1 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33877. 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.