BlockAlamo Crossing, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 85360. It stands on Bullard Wash. The Survey maps it on the Artillery Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1923 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Artillery Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Alamo Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Artillery Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Alamo Crossing (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 173 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ALAMO |
| 31 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Phoenix District Office | BURROCREEK |
| 21 April 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BROWN'S |
| 1 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 160 acres | Colorado River District | ALAMO |
| 22 January 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Alamo Crossing (historical): 31 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Calcium, Flagstone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Lake Petrified Palm Field | Gemstone | Producer | UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS | |
| Black Diamond Mine | Manganese, Vanadium, Gold, Calcium | Past Producer | Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Black Eagle | Manganese, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Black Jack Group | Manganese, Calcium, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Black Jack Mine | Manganese, Barium-Barite, Calcium | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Deer Trail | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mystery Hill Mine Group | Lead, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Mystery Hill Mine Group | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Olson's Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Rawhide | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25299. 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.