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Allenville, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buckeye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85326. The Survey maps it on the Buckeye quadrangle.

Allenville 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.

Fires near this place

227 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Allenville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,488 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined196
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural8
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuckeye Fire Department334632
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuckeye Fire Department334250
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuckeye Valley Fire District362314
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
24 September 2018Naturalunder an acreBuckeye Fire Department354310
23 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuckeye Fire Department353927
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-121649

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Allenville: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Iron. 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
Arrowhead ClaimThorium, Uranium, Iron, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceColumbite, Feldspar, Ilmenite, Magnetite
Balanced RockFeldspar, MicaOccurrenceFeldspar, Mica
Balanced RockUranium, Feldspar, Iron, Mica, QuartzOccurrence
Buckeye AreaREE, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumOccurrenceUnknown
Sunset Nos. 1, 2, and 3 ClaimsTitanium, Metal, Iron, UraniumOccurrenceVein
Varnum FeldsparFeldsparOccurrenceFeldspar
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
United Metro Plant #10, Buckeye, AzSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buckeye Hills MicaMicaPast Producer1914
Buckeye Hills MicaMicaUnknown

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
Buckeye1.3 miles19
Valencia1.9 miles21
Conger4.1 miles19
Palo Verde4.8 miles19
Liberty6.3 miles23
Hassayampa7.4 miles19
Perryville8.8 miles23
Dixie9.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 605. 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.