BlockWillow Spring, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86338. It lies near Weber Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Smith Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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
- 1947 USGS Sheridan Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Sheridan Mountain quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Sheridan Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Smith Mesa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Willow Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,305 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | 21,510 acres | Prescott National Forest | SHERIDAN |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | 400 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CASTLE ROCK |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | 2,000 acres | Prescott National Forest | SYCAMORE |
| 22 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | TONTO |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BEAR |
| 4 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MUD |
| 3 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
| 18 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | SHERIDAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Trap | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Yava | 13.7 miles | 24 | |
| Skull Valley | 14.8 miles | 26 | |
| Mint | 15.6 miles | 26 | |
| Apron Crossing | 16.2 miles | 17 | |
| Stringfield | 16.3 miles | 26 | |
| Iron Springs | 16.6 miles | 27 | |
| Granite Basin Summer Homes | 16.8 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36240. 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.