BlockApache Grove, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85534. It lies near Apache Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS York Valley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Apache Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 294 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gila District Office | MP370 |
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila District Office | PEACHTREE |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 2 August 1994 | Natural | 211 acres | Gila District Office | PEACHTREE |
| 13 August 1993 | Natural | 42 acres | Gila District Office | TOLLGATE |
| 9 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEMON |
| 30 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | GOAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Apache Grove: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurston and Hardy Mines | Manganese, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Iceland Spar | Calcium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Iceland Spar | Calcium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apache Grove in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Apache Grove | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Highway 191. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sheldon | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Three Way | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Guthrie | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fox | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Duncan | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Aragon Place | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Maques Place | 11.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24305. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.