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South Fort, 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 86343. It lies near Joes Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Crown King quadrangle.

South Fort within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of South Fort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,969 acres in total. 106 started naturally. 2 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
Natural106
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBARTOL
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestLANE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestLORENA
4 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestCITIZEN
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestPOINT
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestHORSETHIEF
20 September 2009Natural1.0 acresPrescott National ForestHUMBUG
17 September 2019Natural1.0 acresPrescott National ForestWATSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of South Fort: 14 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Silver. 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
AlgonquinCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Big BellLead, SilverProspect
Blade ProspectTungstenProducerScheelite, Wolframite
Bradshaw Fissure Mining Co PropertyGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Copper Stack GroupSilver, Copper, GoldOccurrenceCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Cougar MineSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Dean GroupGold, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Fat JackQuartz, Semiprecious GemstoneProducerAmethyst
Jane GroupCopper, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverProspect
Lane MineGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1882, 1883

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
East Fort1.3 miles31
Packer3.3 miles31
Burro John5.1 miles31
Fort Misery5.3 miles31
Crown King5.6 miles31
Bradshaw City5.8 miles31
Chilean Mill6.7 miles30
Tip Top (historical)6.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34671. 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.