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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.

Sycamore within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

16 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
15 September 2019Natural2.0 acresPrescott National ForestBAKERS PASS
26 August 2001Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestSYCAMORE
2 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSYCAMORE
10 August 1995Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTUNNEL
6 July 2018Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestHENDERSON 3
6 July 2018Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestHENDERSON 4
6 July 2018Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestHENDERSON 2
31 July 2020Missing 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 Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Limestone LodeGold, SilverProspect
Rope and Solo ClaimsCopperProspect
Limestone Prospect PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Phoenix Cement Co ClaimsStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Phoenix Cement Co. ClaimsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
PuntenneyLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodSycamore-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 2023Flash FloodSycamore-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 2022Flash FloodSycamore-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 2021Heavy RainSycamore-About 0.85 inches of rain fell in around 30 minutes from 325 PM to 355 PM near Page Springs.
August 2021Flash FloodSycamore-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 2021Flash FloodSycamore-Heavy rain caused the Verde River to rise 2 feet (near the junction of the Verde River and Sycamore Creek).
July 2018Flash FloodSycamore-The gauge on the Verde River indicated a sudden rise of 4 feet.
July 2010Flash FloodSycamore-Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Sycamore Canyon. Four people became stranded near a swimming hole and had to be rescued.

Every storm 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
Perkinsville5.5 miles29
Tapco5.5 miles30
Clarkdale6.8 miles30
Centerville7.5 miles30
Jerome8.0 miles29
Bear9.5 miles29
Cottonwood9.8 miles29
Clemenceau9.9 miles29

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.