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Sleepy Hollow, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It lies near Turkey Peak. The Survey maps it on the Woods Canyon quadrangle.

Sleepy Hollow within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

602 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 602 fires within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,029 acres in total. 299 started naturally. 4 were 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
Natural299
Recreation and ceremony183
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Smoking28
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCLINE
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestFULTON
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestLOGGING
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTonto National ForestEVENING
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChristopher-Kohl's Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestGRADE
3 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forest105 TRAILER
3 September 2006Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestVALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Chris Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Dry Creek HematiteIronProspect
Dry Creek ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Haigler and Gordon Creeks ProspectsIronOccurrenceReplacement

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Colcord Mountain Estates2.8 miles19
Hunter Creek Ranch3.6 miles27
Mountain Meadow4.1 miles27
See Canyon Summer Homes4.2 miles27
Christopher Creek4.3 miles27
Mountain Meadows4.6 miles27
Bear Flat6.4 miles27
Kohls Ranch8.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2045631. 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.