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Ahwatukee, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85044. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

Ahwatukee within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

986 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 986 fires within 5 miles of Ahwatukee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,645 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined930
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural17
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334642
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332813
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332703
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331660
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresPima AgencyPREMIUM
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-112019
30 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 Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ahwatukee: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten. 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
Gabitzsch-OwensTungsten, CopperProspect
Muscovite Placer-Pat. 2964MicaUnknown
Skanner PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
ADOT Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ahwatukee in 6 storm reports in 1996: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAhwatukee-no account filed
September 1996Funnel CloudAhwatukee-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindAhwatukee-no account filed
September 1996HailAhwatukee-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodAhwatukee-no account filed
September 1996Funnel CloudAhwatukee-no account filed

Every storm 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
Parkside0.6 miles21
Cambridge Heights0.9 miles21
Desert Villas0.9 miles21
Burgundy Hill1.5 miles21
Wonder Rift2.0 miles26
Kyrene2.1 miles21
The Pointe at South Mountain2.3 miles21
Guadalupe2.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24705. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.