Sand Mill, Arizona
31 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 85332. The Survey maps it on the Sam Powell Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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 Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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 Sam Powell Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sand Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | MP 261 |
| 30 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | MARTIN |
| 25 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | WEAVER |
| 14 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | TOWERS |
| 1 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | FLORES |
| 6 June 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | OCTAVE |
| 25 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TAYLOR |
| 20 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | WEAVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Sand Mill: 8 prospects, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Feldspar, Mica, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron City | Gold, Silver, Iron, Calcium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Iron City | Iron, Limestone, Dimension, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Krueger | Clay, Iron, Manganese, Mica | Producer | ||
| Old Lyon | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Oro Grande Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1900, 1904, 1932 | |
| Santa Margarita | Iron, Manganese, Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Burchfield Feldspar | Feldspar, Mica | Occurrence | Feldspar, Muscovite | |
| Burchfield Feldspar | Feldspar, Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Group Prospect | Manganese | Producer | Pyrolusite | |
| Black Top | Manganese | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flores | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| Octave | 5.3 miles | 31 | |
| Stanton | 6.1 miles | 31 | |
| Congress Junction | 7.9 miles | 26 | |
| Congress | 8.1 miles | 26 | |
| Constellation | 8.6 miles | 31 | |
| Glen Ilah | 9.5 miles | 26 | |
| Yarnell | 9.9 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24600. 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.














