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Agua Fria, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85335. It stands on North Fork Lower El Mirage Wash. The Survey maps it on the El Mirage quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.

Agua Fria within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Doctor at clinic taking case history of agricultural worker. Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Doctor at clinic taking case history of agricultural worker. Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Type of individual family metal shelter at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Type of individual family metal shelter at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Children of agricultural workers are served lunch at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Children of agricultural workers are served lunch at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Community building at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Community building at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
New members signing up at the young people's club at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
New members signing up at the young people's club at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Children taking setting-up exercises at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Children taking setting-up exercises at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

629 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 629 fires within 5 miles of Agua Fria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined580
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110821
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Mirage Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-133152
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEl Mirage Fire Department3065
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111961
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111960
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Agua Fria: 8 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Agua Fria Pit Sun Valley CrushingSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alonzo Elder Muscovite #1MicaProducer
Luke Salt Body - Southwest Salt MineHalite, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1968
Southwest Mine & MillSaltProducer
Southwest SaltSaltProducer
Unidentified Halite OccurrenceHalitePast ProducerHalite
Arizona Sand & Rock, Agua Fria PlanSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sun City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
White Tanks0.8 miles19
Dysart (historical)0.8 miles19
Youngtown1.0 miles19
Goldbadge1.3 miles19
Surprise2.0 miles20
Sun City2.3 miles19
Lizard2.6 miles20
Sunset Village3.0 miles19

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 Agua FriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28219902The 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 511. 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.