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Ambrosia Mill, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wickenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85320. The Survey maps it on the Tiger Well quadrangle.

Ambrosia Mill within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ambrosia Mill between 1992 and 1995, burning about 1,053 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/undetermined3
Natural1

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
22 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined900 acresPhoenix District OfficeAQUILA
21 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeCYANIDE
28 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresPhoenix District OfficeEAGLE
12 May 1993Natural1.0 acresArizona 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

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Ambrosia Mill: 27 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Calcium, Barium-Barite. 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
Black Butte Uranium CorpUranium, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceCarnotite, Gypsum
Black Queen MineManganese, Calcium, Iron, Barium-Barite, SilicaPast Producer
Pump MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, IronPast Producer1865
Valley ViewManganese, Gold, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, CalciumProducer1863
Valley-ViewManganese, Calcium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
YorkCopperProspect
Bobby AnnCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
El Tigre MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1914
Black Queen MineManganese, Barium-BariteProducer1916
Rogers WellBarium-BaritePast Producer

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
Gladden9.4 miles17
Aguila9.9 miles16
Forepaugh13.9 miles16
Matthie23.9 miles18
Tonopah24.8 miles16
Wickenburg26.7 miles17
Allah27.5 miles17
Morristown29.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25620. 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.