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Skull Valley, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86338. It lies near Dead Mule Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Skull Valley quadrangle. It stands 4,265 feet above sea level.

Skull Valley within Yavapai County

On record in Skull Valley

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Skull Valley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 219 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined5
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
27 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
15 August 2003Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestHIDDEN
10 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePULLEY
3 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictKIRKLAND
23 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePEAVINE
8 June 2002Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSKULL
3 June 2002Natural175 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMARTIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Skull Valley: 8 prospects, 7 occurrences, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
1 X L Cinnabar and March ClaimsGold, MercuryProspect
Boston-ArizonaSilver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadProspect
Boston-Arizona MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, MolybdenumProducer1937, 1952
Comanchero ClaimsLead, Silver, GoldProspect
Copper Basin PlacersGold, Copper, MercuryProducerPLACER, ALLUVIAL
Magic MountainPumiceProducer
Patented Claims MS 2730Gold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
U.S. Navy MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumProducer1912, 1967
U.S.NavyLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Cinnabar King MineMercuryOccurrenceVein

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
Kirkland6.2 miles29
Deering Park Estates6.7 miles27
Highland Park7.2 miles27
Wilhoit7.6 miles30
Prieta (historical)8.2 miles27
Iron Springs8.2 miles27
Glen Oaks8.4 miles30
Wood Trap9.3 miles26

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 Skull ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3486397The 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 34495. 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.