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Tapco, 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 stands on Bitter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkdale quadrangle. It stands 3,409 feet above sea level.

Tapco 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Tapco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined137
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
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
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office12-0002075
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office12-0002007
15 September 2019Natural2.0 acresPrescott National ForestBAKERS PASS
11 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCottonwood Fire Department2025

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Tapco: 12 producers, 12 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 unknowns. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clarkdale Cement Plant Limestone QuarryCement Rock, Limestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Clarkdale Clay QuarryBrick Clay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Jerome Slag DumpCopper, IronUnknown
Jerome Verde MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1901, 1920
Phoenix Cement Co. ClaimsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
United Verde Extension MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer1900, 1974
Pretty FollyUraniumProspect
Smoki 1-9UraniumProspect
Bedrock AggregateSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Clarkdale1.7 miles30
Centerville2.5 miles30
Cottonwood4.3 miles29
Clemenceau4.5 miles29
Smelter City4.6 miles21
Jerome4.8 miles29
Sycamore5.5 miles30
Bridgeport5.7 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q30624629The 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 35153. 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.