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Yavapai Hills, 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. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle. It stands 5,354 feet above sea level.

Yavapai Hills within Yavapai County

On record in Yavapai Hills

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 1 record

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

293 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Yavapai Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 826 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined196
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony28
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110331
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED
28 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresPrescott National ForestGOVERNMENT
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
23 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrescott National ForestSAWMILL
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical Authority10128
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Arizona Fire and Medical AuthorityNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Yavapai Hills: 17 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 prospects, 6 producers. 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
Craigs QuarriesStone, Dimension, Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerScoria
Craigs QuarriesPumiceProducer
Double L LodeGold, SilverProspect
FlorenceAntimony, Arsenic, CopperOccurrence
FlorenceAntimony, Arsenic, CopperOccurrenceVein
Hoot Owl ClaimSilver, Gold, LeadProspect
Mary PropertySilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
MudholeLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldProspect
New Strike 1-7 M S 4593Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer

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
Diamond Valley0.6 miles30
Castle Canyon Mesa2.5 miles30
P and E Junction3.3 miles30
Entro3.3 miles30
Granite Dells3.4 miles30
Whipple3.5 miles30
Fort Whipple3.7 miles30
Oak Knoll Village4.6 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q38249613The 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 38985. 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.