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Amphitheater, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85705. The Survey maps it on the Tucson North quadrangle.

Amphitheater within Pima County

On record in Amphitheater

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

1,136 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,136 fires within 5 miles of Amphitheater between 1993 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined1044
Natural48
Arson/incendiarism29
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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 acreTucson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862310
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862474
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862022

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Amphitheater: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Brick Clay, Clay. 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
De Vay Brick CoClayUnknown
De Vay Brick Co.Brick ClayPast Producer
Grabe Brick CoClayUnknown
Grabe Brick Co.Brick ClayPast Producer
Action Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oro Rock & SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Silent Wheels Ranchomes1.7 miles20
Pascua Yaqui Indian Village1.8 miles25
Stockham1.9 miles20
Gardner Estates2.0 miles20
Oracle Foothills Estates2.1 miles26
Flowing Wells2.5 miles20
Polo Village2.6 miles25
El Rio2.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 37138. 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.