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Youngberg, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85119. The Survey maps it on the Goldfield quadrangle. It stands 2,024 feet above sea level.

Youngberg within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Youngberg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,690 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined80
Recreation and ceremony28
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural7
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictBARKLEY
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestBROADWAY
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeGHOST
25 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
19 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 Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Youngberg: 11 past producers, 5 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Gold, 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
Apache Junction GraniteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buckhorn-Boulder ClaimGold, CopperPast ProducerUnknown
Coyote ClaimManganese, Lead, Silver, Strontium, ZincProspect
Denham ProspectCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverProspect
Mammoth GroupGold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, MolybdenumPast Producer1893, 1978
Randolph Lead-Zinc PropertiesLead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Treasure Chest-Pat,#4507Silver, Gold, Copper, IronOccurrence
Wallpai Brick Co. Clay DepositKaolinPast ProducerKaolinite
Winter Gold and Summer Gold ClaimsSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperOccurrence
BulldogGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Apache Junction4.5 miles21
Palm Springs4.6 miles21
Roadhaven Recreational Vehicle Resort5.0 miles21
Gold Canyon6.6 miles21
Gold Camp15.0 miles20
Queen Valley15.2 miles20
Florence Junction15.9 miles20
Smelter Town16.1 miles20

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 YoungbergAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q91092802The 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 29401. 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.