Spring Valley, Arizona
30 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 86333. It stands on Hackberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleator quadrangle. 1,143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,940 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSpring Valley grew from 1,019 to 1,143 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,019 | |
| 2010 | 1,148 | +129 (+13%) |
| 2020 | 1,143 | -5 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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
- 1903 USGS Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:63360
- 1949 USGS Mayer 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
- 1974 USGS Cleator quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,325 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 128 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | DOUBLE 2 |
| 17 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | DOUBLE |
| 17 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mayer Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mayer Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 10 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CORDES JUNCTION |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | HACKBERRY ASSIST |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 11 past producers, 10 prospects, 8 producers, 4 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bell Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1895, 1896, 1959 | |
| Blue Bell Mine and Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bell Siding | Iron, Manganese, Titanium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Burmister Mine | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Cordes Custom Milling Facility | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Echo Property | Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Iowa Group | Silica, Copper | Past Producer | Chert, Quartz | |
| Iowa Group | Copper, Silica, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mayer Schist Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Mayer-Stoddard Magnetite Taconite | Iron, Manganese, Titanium, Silica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordes Junction | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Ocotillo | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Cordes | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| Arcosanti | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Cordes Lakes | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Mayer | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Cleator | 6.0 miles | 30 | |
| Poland Junction | 9.4 miles | 33 |
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 Spring Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1992838 | 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 38837. 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.













