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Stockton, Arizona

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86409. It lies near Silver Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Stockton Hill quadrangle.

Stockton within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Stockton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 762 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined65
Natural32
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBOMOA
9 September 1998Natural15 acresPhoenix District OfficePROSPECTOR
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED
21 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthern Arizona Consolidated Fire District #1NOT NAMED
20 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMAYSWELL
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
12 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKingman Fire Department187275
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 167 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Stockton: 95 past producers, 32 occurrences, 24 unknowns, 9 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alexander GroupGold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Ark MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, IronPast ProducerVein
Aztec ProspectGemstone, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Banner MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1905, 1952
Banner MineGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-PyriteProducer
BlackfootGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Bluebell MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincUnknown
Booby & Mohawk GroupGold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-PyriteUnknown
Bunker HillCopper, Gold, Iron, SilverUnknown
C.O.D. MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1878, 1885, 1974

Every working recorded in Mohave 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
Cerbat2.7 miles32
New Kingman5.3 miles34
Butler6.8 miles20
Santa Claus7.0 miles32
Berry7.4 miles20
Hilltop7.8 miles27
Getz8.1 miles27
Kingman8.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24629. 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.