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Tip Top, Arizona

28 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 85324. It lies near Lucky Spring Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Black Canyon City quadrangle. It stands 2,510 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tip Top within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Tip Top (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined13
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use12 acresPhoenix District OfficeKINGS TWO
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePrescott National Forestnot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPhoenix District OfficeWILLIAMS
25 August 1993Natural15 acresPhoenix District OfficeLAKE 2
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeHORSESHOE BAR
30 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeEOS
30 July 2000Natural51 acresPhoenix District OfficeSHAMROCK
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictLUCKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Tip Top (historical): 19 past producers, 17 prospects, 16 producers, 4 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, 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
AcquisitionGold, Lead, SilverProspect
Acquisition MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1913, 1938
Black Duke RogersManganeseProspect
Columbia MineGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
El Pero Bonito MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1875, 1910, 1927
Foy GroupLead, Tungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Golden Anchor MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1948, 1953
Golden Central MineCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverProducer1897, 1901
Great Cross Cut ClaimsTungsten, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Humbug MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

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
Packer3.5 miles31
Columbia3.6 miles31
Humbug4.1 miles31
Gillette4.9 miles28
Rock Springs5.2 miles28
Black Canyon City5.3 miles28
South Fort6.7 miles31
Castle Hot Springs7.6 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Tip Top (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q669159The 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 1669455. 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.