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.
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
- Tonto Ranger Station, Barn, Forest Service Road 65 at Tonto Wash, Skull Valleyfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Tonto Ranger Station, Forest Service Road 65 at Tonto Wash, Skull Valleyfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Tonto Ranger Station, Garage, Forest Service Road 65 at Tonto Wash, Skull Valleyfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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
- 1947 USGS Iron Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Iron Springs quadrangle1:63360
- 1949 USGS Iron Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1979 USGS Skull Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 15 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | HIDDEN |
| 10 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PULLEY |
| 3 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | KIRKLAND |
| 23 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PEAVINE |
| 8 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SKULL |
| 3 June 2002 | Natural | 175 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MARTIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 X L Cinnabar and March Claims | Gold, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Boston-Arizona | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Boston-Arizona Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, Molybdenum | Producer | 1937, 1952 | |
| Comanchero Claims | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Copper Basin Placers | Gold, Copper, Mercury | Producer | PLACER, ALLUVIAL | |
| Magic Mountain | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Patented Claims MS 2730 | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| U.S. Navy Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Producer | 1912, 1967 | |
| U.S.Navy | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Cinnabar King Mine | Mercury | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland | 6.2 miles | 29 | |
| Deering Park Estates | 6.7 miles | 27 | |
| Highland Park | 7.2 miles | 27 | |
| Wilhoit | 7.6 miles | 30 | |
| Prieta (historical) | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Iron Springs | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Glen Oaks | 8.4 miles | 30 | |
| Wood Trap | 9.3 miles | 26 |
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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3486397 | The 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.












