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Security Acres, 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 86322. It lies near Copper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Camp Verde quadrangle.

Security Acres within Yavapai County

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

280 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Security Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,331 acres in total. 23 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/undetermined153
Equipment and vehicle use45
Natural23
Debris and open burning18
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMIDDLE VERDE
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPrescott National Forest282
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 September 2002Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestVERDE
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestGADDIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Security Acres: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sodium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
Camp Verde Salt MineHalite, Sodium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, ClayPast ProducerClay, Gypsum, Halite, Mirabilite
Fairview MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, MolybdenumProducer1932, 1935, 1937
Graham-Wingfield Sulfate GroundSalt, Sodium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Larson QuarryGypsum-Anhydrite, BentoniteProducerBentonite, Gypsum
Larson QuarryBentonite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Saline Water Well Near Camp VerdeHalite, Bromine, SodiumOccurrenceBrine, Halite
Saline Well Near Camp VerdeBromine, Halite, SodiumOccurrenceBrine
Squaw Peak MineMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1944, 1946
Verde River DepositDiatomite, Clay, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceClay, Diatomite, Gypsum
Verde River DepositDiatomite, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, GeneralProspect

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
Jordan Meadows0.7 miles21
Fort Verde Estates0.8 miles21
Camp Verde1.0 miles21
Country Estates1.2 miles21
Tres Rios1.3 miles21
Paradise Acres1.3 miles21
Pioneer Acres1.3 miles21
Reddells Ranch Acres1.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122588636The 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 25259. 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.