Stanton, 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 85332. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yarnell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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 Congress quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1969 USGS Yarnell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Stanton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,163 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 | 19 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICHIE |
| 10 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | 1817541 |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 3 August 2019 | Natural | 3.3 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH HILL |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | 1817534 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Stanton: 29 prospects, 16 past producers, 15 producers, 10 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1905, 1935, 1943 | |
| Hartman | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| John Sloan | Copper, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Johnson | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Myers | Gold, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Octave Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1865, 1895, 1980 | |
| Stanton Magnetite Taconite | Iron, Manganese, Sulfur, Titanium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Uranus | Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Calcium, Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Uranus, Mizpah,Total Wreck | Feldspar, Iron, Uranium, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Yarnell Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanton in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | The Stanton RAWS station measured a peak wind gust of 63 MPH at 401 PM. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | The Stanton RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 68 MPH. The time of the gust was estimated using radar. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | The Yarnell Remote Automated Weather Station reported a peak wind gust of 65 MPH at 1101 PM MST. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 MPH was measured at the Yarnell RAWS site (4 miles south of the town of Yarnell. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stanton | - | The Mesonet Station 4 miles south of Yarnell (QSTA3) recorded 1.80 inches of rainfall. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a house, a barn roof was separated from the barn, one tree was blown down, a large saguaro cactus was blow down, and seven truck loads of broken tree branches were collected. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Stanton | - | A spotter 10 miles southeast of Congress reported 4.65 inches of rain in an hour and a half. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Stanton | - | Constellation Road north of Wcikenburg was washed out. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | A RAWS station near Congress reported peak wind gusts of 60 MPH from a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octave | 2.7 miles | 31 | |
| Glen Ilah | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Yarnell | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Sand Mill | 6.1 miles | 31 | |
| Congress Junction | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| Congress | 6.4 miles | 26 | |
| Peeples Valley | 7.2 miles | 28 | |
| Flores | 8.6 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24626. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














