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Whipple, Arizona

30 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 86301. It lies near Government Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle.

Whipple within Yavapai County

On record in Whipple

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 3 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 30 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

321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Whipple between 1992 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined172
Natural54
Recreation and ceremony46
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestAPPLE
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSENATOR
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestSLASH
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresPrescott National ForestGOVERNMENT
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestWHITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Whipple: 13 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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
Bullwhacker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProducer1878, 1879, 1936
ConvergensCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Craigs QuarriesStone, Dimension, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Craigs QuarriesPumiceProducer
Double L LodeGold, SilverProspect
Hoot Owl ClaimSilver, Gold, LeadProspect
New Strike 1-7 M S 4593Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
New Strike MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldProducer1936, 1967
Williams MineGold, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerUnknown
Oblong MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducer1937, 1938

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

10 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whipple in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 dust devil, 1 hail. 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
July 2018HailWhipple$1,500,000Hail damaged approximately 1000 cars in shopping centers and car dealerships.
June 2014Dust DevilWhipple$20,000A very strong dust devil went through the Pioneer Village Shopping Center near the the intersection of Highway 89 and 69 in Prescott. The strong winds blew out windows in a building, tossed free standing sheds (for sale) around, damaged cars, and threw shopping carts around.
August 2025Flash FloodWhipple-A USGS stream gauge on Granite Creek (GCRA3) measured a 4.6 foot rise in 30 minutes. A CoCoRaHS observer upstream of the gauge confirmed water nearing a business parking lot in downtown Prescott. The observer measured 2.05 inches of rain.
September 2024Flash FloodWhipple-The rive guage on Granite Creek in Prescott measured over a 6.5 foot rise in one hour betweeb 400 PM and 500 PM. The creek slowly dropped to near normal levels by 500 AM early the next morning.
August 2022Flash FloodWhipple-The river gauge in Granite Creek at Prescott measured a rise from 7.08 feet to 9.51 feet in about 30 minutes.
August 2022Flash FloodWhipple-Granite Creek rose 4.5 feet at the USGS gauge in Prescott.
July 2022Heavy RainWhipple-Trained spotters reported heavy rain in the Prescott area (1 to 2.5 inches).
August 2018Flash FloodWhipple-Heavy rainfall caused Granite Creek in Prescott to rise 2.65 feet in 30 minutes.
August 2018Flash FloodWhipple-A stream gauge on Granite Creek in Granite Creek showed a 4.6 foot rise with a peak flow of 2,500 CFS (normal flow is less than fifty cubic feet a second).
July 2017Heavy RainWhipple-More than an inch of rain fell in 25 minutes at the Prescott Courthouse.

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
Fort Whipple0.2 miles30
Miller Valley1.4 miles30
Prescott1.5 miles30
Juniper Heights2.5 miles30
Forbing Park2.5 miles30
Oak Knoll Village2.9 miles30
Wildwood Estates3.3 miles27
Yavapai Hills3.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36048. 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.