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Alhambra, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85017. The Survey maps it on the Fowler quadrangle.

Alhambra within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

3,228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3,228 fires within 5 miles of Alhambra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined3126
Arson/incendiarism55
Natural38
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334516
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154835
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154836
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154837
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122598
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122597
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-121835

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alhambra: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Crushed Granite Operation MadisonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gold Bond Building Products Div.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Zonolite Co.VermiculitePlant

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
Midges Court1.6 miles20
Parkwood1.7 miles27
Young America Homes1.8 miles27
Longhaven West2.1 miles20
Maryvale2.3 miles20
Legend Estates2.4 miles27
Belaire Manor2.7 miles20
Catalina Village2.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 580. 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.