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Prieta

Ghost town · Yavapai County, Arizona

Iron Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500)
Iron Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Prieta is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona. It is one of 15 former communities in Yavapai County on the federal names register. No county in Arizona has more among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Prieta as a historical populated place on the Iron Springs topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.5750° N, 112.5605° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleIron Springs
Elevation6,258 ft
Nearest living townPrescott, AZ
Distance to it6.6 miles
GNIS feature ID33197
Coordinates34.57502, -112.56045

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Prieta today, aerial view
Iron Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500)

Left: Iron Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Prieta is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Prescott, AZ (population 46,744), about 6.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,258 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Prieta?

Prieta is in Yavapai County, Arizona, at 34.5750, -112.5605.

How many ghost towns are in Yavapai County?

Yavapai County, Arizona has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.