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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.

Venezia within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

242 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural158
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony27
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTURKEY
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSHORT
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRITLE
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestPATCH
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictEAGLE
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLOOKOUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 150 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AlligatorZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Alturas MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducer1924, 1945
Arizona Victory CopperCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
BodieLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Iron, ZincPast Producer
Bodie MineLead, Copper, Silver, GoldProducer1951
CashGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Quartz, ZincPast Producer
Cash MineLead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerVein
Champion MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincProducer1916, 1946
ChaseLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Combination MineZinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1948, 1975

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
Potato Patch2.6 miles31
Dandrea2.9 miles32
Goodwin3.2 miles32
Breezy Pines4.6 miles33
Walker4.8 miles31
Groom Creek5.7 miles31
Ponderosa Park6.6 miles31
McNary Place7.8 miles32

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 VeneziaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249334The 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.