Sycamore, Arizona
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mingus Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86324. It lies near Railroad Draw. The Survey maps it on the Clarkdale quadrangle.
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
- 1905 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1948 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1973 USGS Clarkdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore between 1993 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Prescott National Forest | BAKERS PASS |
| 26 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | SYCAMORE |
| 2 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | SYCAMORE |
| 10 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TUNNEL |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | HENDERSON 3 |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | HENDERSON 4 |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | HENDERSON 2 |
| 31 July 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sycamore: 4 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Lode | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Rope and Solo Claims | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Limestone Prospect Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Phoenix Cement Co Claims | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Phoenix Cement Co. Claims | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Puntenney | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sycamore in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 6 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Sycamore | - | The Verde River Gauge near Clarkdale started raising rapidly around 1000 AM March 15 from around 8.00 feet to a crest of around 15.8 feet by 1100 PM MST on March 15. The Verde River dropped back to around 8.0 feet by 900 AM on March 18. The Verde River in Camp Verde started to rise rapidly around 500 PM on March 15 from 11.8 feet. The crest was at 20.8 feet at 300 March 16 and the river returned to 11.8 feet by 900 PM on March 19. The Verde River below Tangle Creek began to rise rapidly around 500 PM from 12.0 feet. The crest was around 700 PM at 20.3 feet and slowly fell back to 12.0 feet by 400 PM by 400 PM March 19.||Homes were flooded along Bates Drive in Cottonwood. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Sycamore | - | The Verde River near Clarkdale rose from 1.59 feet to 3.84 feet between 900 PM and 1000 PM. The river remained elevated until the next afternoon. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Sycamore | - | Heavy rain across the Rafael Fire (June 2021) caused a flash flood that entered the Verde River. The river gauge showed a 2.5 foot (600 CFS) increase in flow. The Verde River is a main stem river so flooding was not an issue once the flow reached that river. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Sycamore | - | About 0.85 inches of rain fell in around 30 minutes from 325 PM to 355 PM near Page Springs. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Sycamore | - | The Verde River near Clarkdale rose over 17 feet in 58 minutes (VDCA3). The water crested at 19.49 feet at 942 PM MST. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Sycamore | - | Heavy rain caused the Verde River to rise 2 feet (near the junction of the Verde River and Sycamore Creek). |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Sycamore | - | The gauge on the Verde River indicated a sudden rise of 4 feet. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Sycamore | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Sycamore Canyon. Four people became stranded near a swimming hole and had to be rescued. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perkinsville | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Tapco | 5.5 miles | 30 | |
| Clarkdale | 6.8 miles | 30 | |
| Centerville | 7.5 miles | 30 | |
| Jerome | 8.0 miles | 29 | |
| Bear | 9.5 miles | 29 | |
| Cottonwood | 9.8 miles | 29 | |
| Clemenceau | 9.9 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 35006. 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.













