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Apache Flats, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sierra Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85613. It lies near Laundry Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fort Huachuca quadrangle.

Apache Flats within Cochise County

On record in Apache Flats

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

12 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Apache Flats between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,240 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined43
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
14 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use370 acresCoronado National ForestONE BRAVO
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestSCOTT PEAK
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresCoronado National ForestSTONE RIDGE
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 1994Natural125 acresCoronado National ForestBLACKTOWER FHU
23 August 2017Natural11 acresCoronado National ForestMONITOR
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
9 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestCREST TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Apache Flats: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silver, Lead, Geothermal. 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
Manila MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
Whetstone Mountains DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Charleston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Cavalay Park0.4 miles26
Signal Village0.7 miles26
West Pershing Plaza0.7 miles26
Bonnie Blink0.9 miles26
Coronado Village1.0 miles26
East Pershing Plaza1.0 miles26
De Anza Village1.2 miles26
Miles Manor1.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 728. 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.