Venezia, Arizona
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86303. It lies near Starlight Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Groom Creek quadrangle. It stands 6,240 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 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 Mt. Union quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Mt. Union quadrangle1:63360
- 1949 USGS Mt. Union quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1974 USGS Groom Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
242 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Venezia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30,724 acres in total. 158 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 158 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TURKEY |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SHORT |
| 7 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TRITLE |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | PATCH |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | EAGLE |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TRANSCENDENT |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LOOKOUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 150 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 150 workings within 5 miles of Venezia: 63 past producers, 46 producers, 24 prospects, 9 occurrences. 46 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alligator | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Alturas Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | 1924, 1945 | |
| Arizona Victory Copper | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bodie | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bodie Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1951 | |
| Cash | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Quartz, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cash Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Champion Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1916, 1946 | |
| Chase | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Combination Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1948, 1975 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Patch | 2.6 miles | 31 | |
| Dandrea | 2.9 miles | 32 | |
| Goodwin | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Breezy Pines | 4.6 miles | 33 | |
| Walker | 4.8 miles | 31 | |
| Groom Creek | 5.7 miles | 31 | |
| Ponderosa Park | 6.6 miles | 31 | |
| McNary Place | 7.8 miles | 32 |
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 Venezia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249334 | 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 35758. 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.













