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Allah, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wickenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85390. It stands on Monarch Wash. The Survey maps it on the Wickenburg quadrangle. It stands 1,955 feet above sea level.

Allah within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Allah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 241 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/undetermined36
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWickenburg Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWickenburg Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeMCCARROLL ROAD
27 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance9.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
9 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeMAMMOTH
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictECHO HILLS
30 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Allah: 21 past producers, 13 prospects, 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AmblyBeryllium, Lithium, TungstenProspect
Banker LimeMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Bluebird ClaimsCopper, IronProspect
Comeback ClaimsLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Copper Hill GroupCopper, SilverProspect
El CentinilloCopper, Gold, CalciumProspect
El Centinillo MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1944, 1956
El Milagro MineGold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Flamingo 21Copper, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrence
JuliaGold, Vanadium, LeadProspect

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
Wickenburg3.5 miles17
Morristown6.1 miles17
Matthie7.8 miles18
Circle City9.7 miles17
Wittmann13.5 miles17
Forepaugh19.1 miles16
Vistancia22.7 miles17
Beardsley24.7 miles18

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 AllahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058587The 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 24301. 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.