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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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
- 1903 USGS Bradshaw Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Bumblebee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bumblebee quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Bumblebee 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
- 1969 USGS Black Canyon City quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Phoenix District Office | KINGS TWO |
| 12 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | WILLIAMS |
| 25 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Phoenix District Office | LAKE 2 |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | HORSESHOE BAR |
| 30 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EOS |
| 30 July 2000 | Natural | 51 acres | Phoenix District Office | SHAMROCK |
| 29 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | LUCKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Acquisition Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | 1913, 1938 | |
| Black Duke Rogers | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Columbia Mine | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| El Pero Bonito Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1875, 1910, 1927 | |
| Foy Group | Lead, Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Anchor Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Producer | 1948, 1953 | |
| Golden Central Mine | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Producer | 1897, 1901 | |
| Great Cross Cut Claims | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Humbug Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packer | 3.5 miles | 31 | |
| Columbia | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| Humbug | 4.1 miles | 31 | |
| Gillette | 4.9 miles | 28 | |
| Rock Springs | 5.2 miles | 28 | |
| Black Canyon City | 5.3 miles | 28 | |
| South Fort | 6.7 miles | 31 | |
| Castle Hot Springs | 7.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q669159 | The 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.













