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Walker, 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 Bald Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Groom Creek quadrangle.

Walker within Yavapai County

On record in Walker

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

354 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 166 started naturally. 8 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
Natural166
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Recreation and ceremony64
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestBANNIE
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
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestTRANSCENDENT
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 185 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 185 workings within 5 miles of Walker: 85 past producers, 50 producers, 28 prospects, 13 unknowns. 51 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, 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
AlligatorZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Alturas MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducer1924, 1945
Arizona Victory CopperCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Black Diamond MineLead, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1910, 1919
CaliforniaGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
CashGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Quartz, ZincPast Producer
Cash MineLead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerVein
Champion MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincProducer1916, 1946
Champion Patent M S 1314Lead, Zinc, SilverProspect
ChaseLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

7 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walker in 7 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodWalker-A trained spotter reported that Lynx Creek in Walker was running four to five feet deep in spots.
August 2020HailWalker-A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail.
July 2018Flash FloodWalker-Water in Lynx Creek over-topped the intersection of Walker Road and New Strike Lane in Walker.
July 2017Flash FloodWalker-Heavy rain over the Goodwin Fire scar caused a debris flow across Forest Road 67.
July 2017Flash FloodWalker-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain over the Goodwin Fire scar. This caused dangerously high flows in Grapevine Creek. Central Avenue in Mayer was closed at Big Bug Creek because of flooding, mud, and debris over the roadway. About two feet of debris flow was observed in the creek which had been previously dry.
July 2016HailWalker-A trained spotter took pictures showing 1 and 1/2 inch diameter hail one mile north-northeast of Walker.
July 2016Heavy RainWalker-A trained spotter reported 0.70 inches of rain in 20 minutes and water running down the roads in Walker.

Every storm 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
Breezy Pines1.7 miles33
Potato Patch2.6 miles31
Groom Creek3.1 miles31
Venezia4.8 miles31
Oak Knoll Village5.4 miles30
Poland Junction5.8 miles33
Ponderosa Park5.9 miles31
Blue Hills Farms6.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 35817. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.